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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. Where does Pippi keep her bag of gold?

2. How many horses is the ringmaster riding?

3. What does Pippi say the perfect picnic spot needs?

4. What does Pippi do when she is done dancing?

5. What does Pippi call the money the ringmaster tries to give her for winning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Skyscraper?

2. What do the thieves do after leaving Pippi's house for the first time?

3. What does Pippi do to the angry bull?

4. What happens when Pippi approaches Adolf at the circus?

5. What happens when Pippi pays a gold coin to get into the circus?

6. What do Tommy and Annika say while Pippi takes a nap at the circus?

7. What does the fire chief do after Pippi has saved the boys from the building?

8. How does Annika describe the circus to Pippi?

9. What does Pippi do when she realizes that Mr. Nilsson has run off at the picnic?

10. What is wrong with the first two picnic spots found by the children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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