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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Alexandra describe Emil while talking to Carl?
(a) Kind and intelligent.
(b) Loyal and intense.
(c) Urban and smart.
(d) Determined and motivated.

2. What does Carl say he never sees Marie do?
(a) Run.
(b) Cry.
(c) Frown.
(d) Walk.

3. Who asks Emil to talk at the upcoming dance in Part 2?
(a) Mary.
(b) Marcy.
(c) Marie.
(d) Maggie.

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

5. Why is Marie angry with the person Carl sees her with when he is walking alone one morning?
(a) He will not leave her alone.
(b) He shot a duck.
(c) He is not staying for the weekend.
(d) He took her glove.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Alexandria causes a man to flirt with her at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Alexandra tell Carl she hopes Emil will be some day?

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

4. What is the talent held by Alexandra's favorite niece?

5. What does Carl plan to train himself to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What question does Alexandra ask Ivar about her hogs, and what is his response?

2. What happens when Alexandra sees Carl in the garden?

3. Why do Lou and Oscar take credit for the success of the farm?

4. What does Carl do to cheer Alexandria up when she returns home at the beginning of the book?

5. What is the common view of Emil in Part 2, and why is this so surprising?

6. How is Lou described by the author?

7. Why did Marie's father not like Frank, and what did he do to get her to stop seeing Frank?

8. How has Alexandra's plan come to fruition at the beginning of Part 2?

9. What makes Frank furious when he reads the newspaper in Part 2, Chapter 8?

10. What does Alexandra say to her mother to calm her fears about losing her farm?

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