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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first child to get married?
(a) Katrin.
(b) Christine.
(c) Nels.
(d) Dagmar.

2. How is Mama able to come up with money to pay for the surgery?
(a) Aunts and uncles give her money.
(b) She takes money out of her downtown bank account.
(c) Nels takes on a second job.
(d) Katrin's school friends give the family money.

3. Why is Mama happy at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Cora is pregnant.
(b) Nels is not going to date Cora any longer.
(c) Nels and Cora are engaged.
(d) Nels decides to work for Mr. Martin.

4. Why is Katrin fired from her job?
(a) For being lazy.
(b) For stealing.
(c) For messing up an order.
(d) For lying to a customer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the children sees Papa before the surgery?

2. What is the name of the hospital Papa is at?

3. Which of these was not something the cat is suffering from?

4. What school club does Christine lead?

5. What did Mama recall stealing from Aunt Jenny as a young woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mama upset with Christine's choice to work?

2. Why does Mama go flying?

3. Why is Mama understanding when Katrin tells her that she has stolen candy from the drugstore?

4. How are the boarders "part of the family"?

5. What does Mama buy with her coat money?

6. What does Katrin enjoy her job at the drugstore?

7. How is the Martin family different from Mama's family?

8. Why does Nels break up with Cora?

9. How does Mama barter with Mrs. Beauchamp to pay for the surgery?

10. Why does Mrs. Beauchamp handle Dr. Beauchamp's accounting needs?

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