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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major new service is available in the area in Part 2?
(a) Radio.
(b) Television.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Telephone.

2. What is the name of Alexandra's favorite niece?
(a) Mary.
(b) Milly.
(c) Marcie.
(d) Maggie.

3. What does Alexandra tell Carl she hopes Emil will be some day?
(a) An investor.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A judge.

4. Where does Ivar think he gets his spells from?
(a) Angels.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) God.
(d) The Devil.

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Alexandra want to keep her land when everyone else is leaving?
(a) She is too proud to admit defeat.
(b) She made a promise to her father.
(c) She knows it will be worth money some day.
(d) She is sure rain is coming.

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

11. Where did Marie and Frank get married?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Omaha.

12. Where do Marie and Emil meet to talk about Bohemians?
(a) Under the mulberry tree.
(b) In the graveyard.
(c) In the cornfield.
(d) At Alexandra's barn.

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

14. How old is Emil at the beginning of the book?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

15. What does Ivar tell Alexandra he is afraid of?
(a) Damaging her reputation.
(b) Getting kicked off his land.
(c) Hurting her during one of his spells.
(d) Being sent to an insane asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oscar's wife so ashamed of?

2. What is the name of Amedee's wife?

3. What do Carl and Alexandra do during the days while he is visiting?

4. How old were Emil and Amedee when they first became friends?

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

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