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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Papa decide to give up to save money?

2. How does Miss Durant like to eat her vegetables?

3. Which fruit does Uncle Chris demand that the children eat more of?

4. What is the phrase that Mama uses to let everyone know everything is going fine?

5. Which heirlooms does Uncle Chris sell without telling anyone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of The Little Bank?

2. Why is the school holding a reception?

3. What two tricks does Mama play on the nurses to sneak in to see her child?

4. Why is the attic a special place for Katrin?

5. Why is Mama not mad when Katrin has to ask for the money to pay for the writing brochures?

6. Why does Katrin enter the writing contest?

7. What does Mama mean when she says that Mr. Hyde does not owe them anything?

8. In what ways is Mr. Hyde a fraud?

9. What do the other classmates do when they hear about the items that Katrin and Carmelita have brought to the reception?

10. Does Katrin enjoy her first day at Winford?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Katrin a good girl or a bad girl? What types of things does she do throughout the book to make her good or bad?

Essay Topic 2

How does the family's Norwegian culture play an important role throughout the novel? Does their cultural background add depth to the novel or is it unnecessary? Often times throughout the book the adults begin conversing in Norwegian. What is the importance of this?

Essay Topic 3

How are Katrin's school friends similar to the aunts? What changes do each group go through during the novel to make them good and/or evil?

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