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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 try to teach her monkey on the Sunday without her friends?

2. What does Tommy make when they get to the picnic spot?

3. What time does the coffee party start?

4. What does Pippi make Bloom do?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Pippi get ready for the coffee party?

2. What does Pippi do to the angry bull?

3. What does Tommy wish as they leave the picnic, and what is Pippi's response to this?

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

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

6. What does Pippi make the thieves do after she ties them up?

7. What does Pippi do when Miss Carmencita comes out on her horse?

8. Why does Pippi not know what to do on a Sunday afternoon?

9. What do the two thieves do when they first come into Pippi's house?

10. How does Annika describe the circus to Pippi?

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

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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