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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. Why can't any of the girls boil water for the tea during the reception?
(a) The science room is locked.
(b) The stove is not working.
(c) There are no pots to boil water in.
(d) Mrs. Winford does not like tea.

2. Who leaves Mama a check?
(a) Papa.
(b) Aunt Sigrid.
(c) Mr. Hyde.
(d) Uncle Chris.

3. What does Dagmar help Mama do in their new home?
(a) Wash the clothes.
(b) Milk the goats.
(c) Plant a vegetable garden.
(d) Mop the floors.

4. What does Mama really do with the check?
(a) Returns it to the person who gave it to her.
(b) Tears it up.
(c) Takes it to the bank.
(d) Burns it.

5. What activity do Christine and the narrator miss doing when they move to their new home?
(a) Roller skating.
(b) Jumping rope.
(c) Singing in the choir.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Katrin see the janitress?

2. What major city does the family live in?

3. Who tells Katrin she is "getting away with murder"?

4. Why is Katrin jealous of Christine while she waits at the reception?

5. The narrator, Katrin, decides to change her name to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Katrin enjoy her first day at Winford?

2. How does Katrin plan to keep the meat balls hot enough for an after school reception?

3. Why does Katrin enter the writing contest?

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

5. Why is the family so unhappy at the chicken ranch?

6. What makes Miss Grimes such a mean woman?

7. Why is the school holding a reception?

8. Why does Mama want to move to the Steiner Street house immediately?

9. How does the family feel about how Uncle Chris spends his money?

10. What does Mama mean when she says that Mr. Hyde does not owe them anything?

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