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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 Robert's work at the farm?

2. Why is Karl Oskar driven to move to the country in #73?

3. Karl Oskar wants his children to be _________________________.

4. Kristina learns that ______________ migrants drowned on board the Betty Catharina.

5. The only escape for Robert and Arvid is in ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the big old chest to be packed for the journey to America?

2. How does Kristina think that all their troubles are Karl Oskar's fault because of her many pregnancies?

3. How is Robert caught by his master, Aron of Nybacken?

4. How are Karl Oskar's troubles attributed to weather?

5. Why is the journey perceived as a morbid occasion by Karl Oskar and Kristina's parents?

6. Why is Captain Lorentz unhappy about peasant passengers?

7. Why does Karl Oskar feel impotent to argue with Dean Brusander regarding Karl Oskar's move to America?

8. What is the name of the ship to carry the peasants and who is the captain?

9. What are the good and bad omens at the beginning of Karl Oskar and Kristina's trip?

10. What are the main reasons Robert and Arvid want to leave the farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Moberg's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 3

How does Moberg use the literary technique of local color in THE EMIGRANTS? What elements comprise local color? Give some examples of the local color in Swedish establishments, in the characters, and in the events.

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