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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alexandra tell her brothers she wants to do when she returns home from looking at the riverside property?
(a) Buy the abandoned farms.
(b) Sell pieces of their land.
(c) Buy strips of river property.
(d) Stay where they are.

2. Why is Emil crying at the beginning of the book?
(a) He cannot find his mother.
(b) He dropped his ice cream.
(c) He is very cold.
(d) His kitten ran up a telegraph pole.

3. What is the name of the town at the beginning of this book?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Hardship.
(c) Hamblin.
(d) Harper.

4. What about Alexandria causes a man to flirt with her at the beginning of the book?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her pretty dress.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her smile.

5. What does Carl plan to train himself to do?
(a) Painting.
(b) Engraving.
(c) Farming.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Alexandra take to look at the riverside property?

2. From whom does John Bergson say his most intelligent child inherited that intelligence?

3. What does John tell his children to always let their mother do?

4. What causes hardship for the first three years after John Bergson's death?

5. Why does Carl like Ivar?

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