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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-24 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what chapter do Lorimer and Håkan part from one another?
(a) Chapter 8.
(b) Chapter 9.
(c) Chapter 6.
(d) Chapter 7.

3. What action does Håkan take that causes him to acknowledge the comedy and thrill of the situation, while also feeling small, frail, and lonely?
(a) He sits in a lone rocking chair in the middle of the desert.
(b) He builds and moves into a tree house in the desert.
(c) He sleeps in a bed in the middle of the desert.
(d) He washes himself in a bathtub in the middle of the desert.

4. Håkan fears that what element will result in the deaths of the convoy members?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Attacks from Native Americans.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Hypothermia.

5. By whose hand have the people been massacred when the convoy hears about them up ahead?
(a) White settlers.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Africans.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the men who approach Håkan's burrow are soldiers?

2. In what port does Håkan's ship finally dock once it reaches the United States?

3. What quality of the dresser causes Håkan to decide not to break a piece of it off for later use?

4. Håkan and his brother Linus use what type of abandoned structures as places to play?

5. When Håkan regains consciousness after his period of feverish wandering, he finds himself in what state inside a covered wagon?

(see the answer key)

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