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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does John Bergson say his most intelligent child inherited that intelligence?
(a) Himself.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

2. What is Barney Flinn's occupation?
(a) Ferrier.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Foreman.
(d) Butler.

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

4. What does John tell his children to always let their mother do?
(a) Sell her butter.
(b) Walk at night.
(c) Keep a garden.
(d) Sing.

5. What does Alexandra hope Emil will do when he is older?
(a) Work in politics.
(b) Own a company.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Move away from the farm.

6. Whom does John Bergson say is his most intelligent child?
(a) Emil.
(b) Lou.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Oscar.

7. Why do Oscar and Lou think Alexandra's farm prospered?
(a) The Lord blessed them.
(b) They worked the land.
(c) They followed their father's orders.
(d) She had good managment methods.

8. When does Marie say the world is the most beautiful?
(a) After a rain.
(b) At sunset.
(c) At sunrise.
(d) In the dead of winter.

9. How much time passes between Part 1 and Part 2 of this book?
(a) 16 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

10. Who signs the mortgage papers that Alexandra gets?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Alexadra.
(c) Emil.
(d) Lou.

11. How many sons does Oscar have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

12. What did John Bergson's father do for a living?
(a) Built ships.
(b) Owned a store.
(c) Made ladies dresses.
(d) Bred horses.

13. Whom does Alexandra take with her to look at the riverside property?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Lou.
(d) Emil.

14. What does Lou ask Alexandra when Carl is visiting the French Country?
(a) When Carl is leaving.
(b) How the crop is doing.
(c) Why she has not been working.
(d) Where Emil is.

15. What does Ivar live next to?
(a) A pond.
(b) A river.
(c) A lake.
(d) A ravine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Carl feel after seeing Marie while walking alone one morning?

2. What did Alexandra install at her farm that was the first in the region?

3. What does Oscar say about Carl when Carl is visiting the French Country?

4. How old is Emil at the beginning of the book?

5. Who goes to the French Country with Carl?

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