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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. What does Dagmar ask Mama to do with the cat?
(a) Bury it in the backyard.
(b) Kill it.
(c) Fix it.
(d) Take it to the doctor.

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

3. Who visits Katrin when Mr. Schiller leaves?
(a) Mama.
(b) Christine.
(c) Dagmar.
(d) Carmelita.

4. Who asks, "Now truly, indeed, do you have Peder?"
(a) Aunt Marta.
(b) Aunt Elna.
(c) Mama.
(d) Papa.

5. Which family member has never been admitted into a hospital?
(a) Christine.
(b) Katrin.
(c) Papa.
(d) Dagmar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Cora Martin own that surprised Dagmar?

2. What happens to Papa at the City Hall job?

3. Where has Christine found a job?

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

5. What area of study does Nels focus on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the aunts and uncles come over when Papa goes to the hospital?

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

3. Why does Cora call Nels "Nelson"?

4. What makes Uncle Elizabeth such an odd cat?

5. Why is Mrs. Beauchamp angry when she discovers who the carpenter is?

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

7. Why does Christine come back to San Francisco to have her baby?

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

9. Why does Mama try to kill Uncle Elizabeth?

10. What is Aunt Elna's favorite thing to do?

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