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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Håkan at first considers the town he enters to be what kind of object between him and his goal of reaching New York?
(a) A reprieve.
(b) An obstacle.
(c) A rest.
(d) An obligation.

2. Which member of the Brennan family is the first to find Håkan in a terrible state on the ship?
(a) Molly.
(b) James.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Robert.

3. Lorimer can speak a bit of which language in addition to English?
(a) German.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Welsh.
(d) Latin.

4. What is NOT a subject Lorimer says he had studied in college?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Zoology.
(c) Botany.
(d) Biology.

5. Which character falls ill with fever in Chapter 7?
(a) Håkan.
(b) Asa.
(c) Lorimer.
(d) Lorimer's infant son.

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel's prologue depicts a group of men aboard a ship with what name?

2. For what object does Håkan look around the plains when he hears that Lorimer is parting ways with him?

3. How does Håkan acquire Pingo?

4. Asa tells Håkan that the two of them will eventually set sail from what city toward New York City?

5. When Håkan comes upon a caravan train of travelers, he thinks to himself that which character had been right about caravans?

(see the answer key)

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