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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. Which child wants to become a nurse?

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

3. Who does Mama have see to pay for the surgery?

4. What does Cora call Nels?

5. What did Mama ask the other children after Dagmar went to bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mama go flying?

2. Why is Katrin upset when she learns how Mama has paid for her graduation present?

3. Why does Mama try to kill Uncle Elizabeth?

4. Why does Katrin want a graduation present?

5. Why does Mama think it is bad for Dagmar to think Mama performed a miracle?

6. How is Mama able to afford Katrin's graduation present?

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

8. Why do the aunts and uncles give Mama money before she asks them for help?

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

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

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

The family met the Martin family towards the end of the book and were disgusted at how they treated one another. In what ways were the families different? Which family would you rather be a part of and why?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, the family lives in three different homes. Discuss the three homes by comparing their similarities and differences, and determine which home was most important to the family.

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