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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 is the maid's name at Tommy's house?

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

3. What does Pippi like after coming out of the lake?

4. What does Pippi try to teach her monkey on the Sunday without her friends?

5. What does Tommy find in a field while on the picnic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Skyscraper?

2. What blocks the way when the children head to the picnic, and how do they get around it?

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

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

5. What does Pippi do for the thieves before sending them on their way?

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

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

8. How does Annika describe the circus to Pippi?

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

10. How does Pippi become famous in the town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There were a few different ideas about education in this book. Choose a few of the main characters and write what their ideas of education were and how these ideas affected their lives.

Essay Topic 3

How does Tommy's relationship with Annika change over the course of the plot? What causes these changes, and what significance does this have to the outcome of the book?

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