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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. In Chapter 27, what did the wurse have to drink that makes it have to go out in the night?

2. What is Elsa's father listening to in Chapter 34?

3. Who sleeps with Elsa in the wardrobe at the end of Chapter 33?

4. In Chapter 33, what is the combination for the lock on the stroller in the vestibule?

5. In Chapter 20, what Dickens story does Elsa remember reading to her grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christmas shopping work at Elsa's house?

2. In Chapter 34, where are the last two letters from Granny found?

3. Why did Ulrika not want to hear the stories of the Land-of-Almost-Awake when she was younger?

4. In Chapter 33, who is the doctor that Elsa thinks she recognizes when she goes to the hospital?

5. In Chapter 28, where does Britt-Marie put Kent's razor and why?

6. What is a moo-gun?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 26, what does Elsa know about the best stories?

8. How does the wurse protect Britt-Marie in Chapter 27?

9. What is Mipardonus?

10. In Chapter 34, what are Elsa and her father doing at Granny's grave site?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe the relationship between Granny and Ulrika, and why do they struggle to get along?

Essay Topic 2

The wurse becomes Elsa’s friend. What is the wurse’s role in the novel and what does it symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Elsa grows and matures in the novel. How do relationships and events help Elsa come of age in the book?

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