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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said wild things are too happy to kill?
(a) Alexandra.
(b) Ivar.
(c) Marie.
(d) Emil.

2. What is Marie doing when she hears Emil's scythe?
(a) Churning butter.
(b) Collecting eggs.
(c) Milking cows.
(d) Weeding the garden.

3. How often do Alexandra and Marie usually see each other?
(a) Every day.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every 3 days.
(d) Once a month.

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

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

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

7. Who sleeps in Alexandra's barn in Part 2?
(a) Vagabonds.
(b) Ivar.
(c) Stable boys.
(d) Carl.

8. Where does Carl's family decide to move when times get tough?
(a) New York.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Salt Lake.

9. What does Alexandra want to buy from Ivar?
(a) A book.
(b) A poultice.
(c) A carving.
(d) A hammock.

10. What does Frank get so upset about after reading the newspaper?
(a) The falling price of crops.
(b) The marriage of his old beau.
(c) A rich man's divorce.
(d) The new president.

11. How old was Marie when she graduated from High School?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

12. What do Carl and Alexandra do during the evenings while he is visiting?
(a) Eat.
(b) Read.
(c) Talk.
(d) Drink.

13. What do the furnishings in Alexandra's large farmhouse look like?
(a) Unused.
(b) Antique.
(c) Unfinished.
(d) Elegant.

14. Whom does Carl see with Marie while he is walking alone one morning?
(a) Ivar.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Emil.
(d) Frank.

15. How much did Lou and Oscar want to sell the land for?
(a) $200.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $2,200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lou say Alexandra has never done?

2. Whom does Alexandra ask to help her quiet Emil's cries at the beginning of the book?

3. Where do Marie and Emil meet to talk about Bohemians?

4. What kind of man was Marie's father?

5. What does Amedee say is the natural cause of happiness?

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