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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. How tall is the tallest building in town?

2. What is it doing when Pippi hears of the coffee party, and why is it ironic?

3. What does Pippi do when the band begins to play at the circus?

4. What kind of vacation do Tommy and Annika get in Chapter 6?

5. What does Pippi do with the cakes at the coffee party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pippi do to the angry bull?

2. What did Pippi do to the pie at the coffee party?

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

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

5. How does Pippi scrub the floor in her house?

6. What does Pippi do when Miss Elvira performs on the tightrope?

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

8. What do the ladies at the party talk about, and how does Pippi respond to this?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Generosity was a key theme in this book. Where does this theme appear and which characters are the most affected by it?

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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