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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Karl put Johan to keep him warm?
(a) In a roadside shack.
(b) Inside the grain bag.
(c) Inside the ox's belly.
(d) In a snow hut.

2. What fruit does Kristina have for dinner?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cranberries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Strawberries.

3. What does Petrus admonish Karl and Kristina about as he is leaving?
(a) To watch the depth of the ditch.
(b) To try to get Robert back home.
(c) To remember about the corn.
(d) To not forget their spiritual needs.

4. What quickly spread throughout the region?
(a) That Karl refuses to eat his ox meat.
(b) That there is going to be a revival.
(c) How Karl saves his son's life.
(d) How the mill is cheating the settlers.

5. What does Karl continue to track over the years?
(a) His yearly harvests.
(b) His brother's whereabouts.
(c) His yearly taxes.
(d) His children's growth.

6. How old is Karl in Chapter 8?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty-five.

7. What does Petrus do before eating?
(a) Prays.
(b) Washes up.
(c) Offers to let one of the children sit on his lap.
(d) Sings.

8. What does Karl Nilson hear as he is working in the forest?
(a) A wolf howling.
(b) The sound of another axe in the forest.
(c) A strange bird call.
(d) A wild boar grunting.

9. When does Petrus get upset when he visits Kristina?
(a) When Kristina gets ill.
(b) When Karl tells him to quit giving them advice.
(c) When he meets Ulrika.
(d) When Kristina argues with a scripture interpretation.

10. Who arrives in the middle of the night?
(a) Arvad.
(b) Robert.
(c) Petrus.
(d) A minister of the Swedish Church.

11. Why is Karl going to Taylor Falls?
(a) To purchase a new plow.
(b) To have his millet ground.
(c) To have his grain milled.
(d) To buy spring seeds.

12. What does Ulrika think when she has a daughter?
(a) That God gave her a girl because she has sinned.
(b) That Henry will be pleased.
(c) That she will look just like her.
(d) That a girl child is easier than a boy.

13. What does Ulrika tell Kristina she is going to do?
(a) Name her son Karl.
(b) Have a party at her house.
(c) Divorce Henry.
(d) Send her children to public schools.

14. What does Karl say in the letter about Christmas?
(a) It was very poor that year.
(b) He plans to visit Sweden at Christmas.
(c) His kids were spoiled with their presents.
(d) He took the whole day off from work.

15. What does the person in question #54 do about being homesick?
(a) Drink too much alcohol.
(b) Works hard to save enough money to return.
(c) Writes letters home every week.
(d) Talks incessantly about the homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kristina give birth to her girl?

2. Who is Arvid?

3. What does Karl buy from the lumber company?

4. What does Kristina wonder about the Swedes who continue to settle the land around them?

5. What stops Karl on his way to Danjel's house?

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