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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men does Håkan see climb into the wagon where Helen and her brother are staying?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. What service does Håkan agree to perform for Jarvis in exchange for an agreed-upon reward?
(a) Housekeeping.
(b) Collecting fuel.
(c) Providing personal security.
(d) Performing a surgical procedure.

3. How many people does Håkan kill before he sees men climbing into the wagon where Helen and her brother are staying?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What is the name of the sheriff's lackey who always backs the sheriff's moves?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Jebediah.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Josiah.

5. What type of weather does the narrator state happens sometimes and is "always a miracle" (105)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Fog.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

6. What gift does Håkan give to the Indians in return for their kindness?
(a) Milk.
(b) Flour.
(c) Honey.
(d) A dog.

7. What is Håkan's contribution to the number of dead pillagers at the end of the fight?
(a) He is responsible for half the deaths.
(b) He is responsible for the majority of the deaths.
(c) He is responsible for one-quarter of the deaths.
(d) He is responsible for all the deaths.

8. What two items does Håkan want to buy when he enters a store in the town?
(a) Boots and a saddle.
(b) A saddle and spurs.
(c) A belt buckle and a belt.
(d) Boots and pants.

9. What aspect of the dresser does Håkan consider breaking and taking with him on his journey?
(a) A drawer pull.
(b) A piece of the mirror.
(c) A knob.
(d) A carved angel.

10. What is the one commodity Håkan deems to be generally impossible to buy in America?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Horses.
(c) Wine.
(d) Vegetables.

11. Jarvis is particularly interested in which aspect of Håkan's past?
(a) The Clangston woman.
(b) Håkan's violent acts.
(c) The location of Pingo's corpse.
(d) Håkan's childhood in Sweden.

12. With what celestial object does Håkan take issue?
(a) The sun.
(b) The North star.
(c) The moon.
(d) The Milky Way.

13. Håkan discovers that Jarvis had been elected captain of the caravan after promising many people what reward?
(a) Horses.
(b) Land.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

14. When Håkan leaves the store, he encounters how many armed men in the street?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

15. A number of blocks into Håkan's walk into a town, the people begin to behave in what new way?
(a) They begin to arm themselves.
(b) They begin to seek refuge from him.
(c) They begin to chatter incessantly.
(d) They begin to stare at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Håkan retrieve the item he leaves in the village by mistake?

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

3. Håkan is about to leave the store in town when he sees what kind of visual representation of his own face on the wall?

4. Håkan mentally describes the sheriff as "the man with the" (165) what?

5. Håkan strikes "eastward as" what season again comes "to an end" (161)?

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