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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama bring to school in the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Wine and soda.
(b) Water and cookies.
(c) Coffee and hot chocolate.
(d) Tea.

2. Where does the family take money from to pay for emergencies?
(a) Aunt Sigrid's extra money.
(b) Mama's Bank Account.
(c) The Little Bank.
(d) Nels' wages.

3. Who forgets to turn on the heat in the school building during the reception?
(a) Miss Grimes.
(b) Katrin.
(c) Carmelita.
(d) The janitress.

4. How many free months of rent does the family receive from the Sondermans?
(a) 4 free months.
(b) 1 free months.
(c) 3 free months.
(d) 2 free months.

5. What is the name of Katrin's teacher?
(a) Miss Scanlon.
(b) Miss Grimes.
(c) Miss Lyons.
(d) Miss Karboe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character demands her dowry money back from Uncle Chris' estate?

2. What does Christine bring to school to give Katrin during the reception?

3. What does the teacher send Katrin to find at the end of chapter 6?

4. Which items hang proudly on the wall in Mama and Papa's bedroom?

5. What activity do Christine and the narrator miss doing when they move to their new home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unusual about the way that Uncle Chris spends his money?

2. What two tricks does Mama play on the nurses to sneak in to see her child?

3. Does Katrin enjoy her first day at Winford?

4. Why is Mama not mad when Katrin has to ask for the money to pay for the writing brochures?

5. What makes Miss Grimes such a mean woman?

6. Why is the attic a special place for Katrin?

7. Why does Katrin need to come up with $7.00?

8. Why does Mama want to see her child in the hospital after the operation?

9. What do the other classmates do when they hear about the items that Katrin and Carmelita have brought to the reception?

10. How does Mama's Bank Account make the children feel?

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