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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 happens to Papa at the City Hall job?
(a) He breaks his leg.
(b) He falls off a ladder.
(c) He is hit in the head.
(d) He passes out from heat exhaustion.

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

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

4. Which person is not a boarder at the Steiner Street house?
(a) Mr. Stanton.
(b) Mrs. Karboe.
(c) Mr. Lewis.
(d) Mr. Clark.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Katrin plan to work over her vacation?

3. What does Mama promise to the woman to cover the $75 she is short for the surgery?

4. Who visits Katrin when Mr. Schiller leaves?

5. What does Mama try to do to the cat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Uncle Elizabeth such an odd cat?

3. Why does Katrin want a graduation present?

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

5. Why does Papa pretend to be lazy about his household chores?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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