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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 does Pippi say makes hair grow?

2. What kind of tree does Pippi suggest Tommy and Annika try climbing?

3. What do Tommy and Annika wish for?

4. What time do Tommy and Annika go to school?

5. What does Annika find in a tree stump?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annika feel when Pippi first suggests they ride her horse?

2. What happens when the officers are both up on the roof of the house?

3. What does Pippi say a Thing Finder is?

4. How does Pippi say she disciplines herself?

5. How does Pippi put herself to sleep?

6. What does Pippi do when she first gets to the school?

7. What does Pippi do when Annika tells her that lying is not a good thing to do?

8. What does Pippi do when the teacher asks the class to draw for a while, and why does she do this?

9. What does Pippi look like?

10. What do Tommy and Annika do in the morning after their first meeting with Pippi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Settengren was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, alters the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the characters involved?

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