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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John say his wife misses most?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her music.
(c) Her dead son.
(d) The Old Country.

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

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

4. What religious sect does Marie belong to?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Bohemian.

5. What does Ivar read in his house?
(a) An astronomy guide.
(b) The Farmer's Almanac.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Sear's Catalogue.

6. Why does Carl like Ivar?
(a) He is interesting to talk to.
(b) He is good with animals.
(c) He says nice things.
(d) He is different than anybody else.

7. How old were Emil and Amedee when they first became friends?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

8. How does Alexandra feel when she returns home after looking at the riverside property?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Confused.
(c) Humbled.
(d) Unhappy.

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

10. How much older than Carl is Alexandra?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.

11. What causes hardship for the first three years after John Bergson's death?
(a) Sick cattle.
(b) Drought.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Fires.

12. What impresses Carl most about Marie?
(a) Her humility.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her warmth.

13. Why did Marie's father not like Frank?
(a) He didn't respect women.
(b) He abandoned his mother.
(c) He was ignorant of foreign relations.
(d) He wanted to be a farmer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Bergson's father do for a living?

2. What do the furnishings in Alexandra's large farmhouse look like?

3. What does Alexandra say she envies about Carl's life?

4. Why is Emil crying at the beginning of the book?

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

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