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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was not something the cat is suffering from?
(a) A chewed up paw.
(b) A partially missing tail.
(c) Missing teeth.
(d) Swollen eyes.

2. Why is Christine upset?
(a) Katrin is mean to her.
(b) Her baby died.
(c) She thinks she is going to die.
(d) She is worried about Mama.

3. Why does Cora say her and Nels can not join the family for dinner?
(a) They are playing tennis.
(b) They are seeing a ballet.
(c) They have dinner plans.
(d) She is not hungry.

4. What does Cora call Nels?
(a) N.
(b) Nel.
(c) Nelly.
(d) Nelson.

5. Why does Mama buy Christine a plaid dress?
(a) To celebrate her hard work.
(b) To celebrate her graduation.
(c) To thank her for not going to high school.
(d) To persuade her to go to school.

6. What sense is Aunt Elna missing?
(a) Touch.
(b) Speak.
(c) Sight.
(d) Sound.

7. Who was Aunt Elna betrothed to?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peder.
(c) James.
(d) John.

8. What does Papa joke about when he returns home from the hospital?
(a) His shaved head.
(b) His bartering wife.
(c) His pounding head.
(d) His thin body.

9. What is Mr. Kenmore's Sunday hobby?
(a) Playing piano.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Driving.
(d) Flying planes.

10. Who disapproves of Katrin working at her new place of employment?
(a) Mama.
(b) Papa.
(c) Christine.
(d) Mrs. Schiller.

11. What did Mama ask the other children after Dagmar went to bed?
(a) How to kill a cat.
(b) Where to buy a new cat.
(c) Where to take the cat before Dagmar woke up.
(d) How to bury a cat.

12. How long does Katrin have to work before getting a salary?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 months.

13. Why does the family not serve food to the boarders on Sundays?
(a) The family runs out of food every Sunday.
(b) The boarders fasted on Sundays.
(c) It is a family day.
(d) The family wants to save money.

14. Why is Christine in the hospital?
(a) She is having a baby.
(b) She is dying.
(c) She hurt her arm.
(d) She is having brain surgery.

15. Who is the carpenter Mama promises will do the work?
(a) Nels.
(b) Uncle Peter.
(c) Papa.
(d) Uncle Chris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Uncle Elizabeth in the end of Chapter 13?

2. Who is missing from the kitchen on Sunday evening in Chapter 15?

3. What adult drink does Papa let Katrin have at the end of Chapter 10?

4. What does Peder return with after one week in Oslo?

5. Why do the children give Dagmar fifty cents?

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