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

2. What does Lou say Alexandra has never done?
(a) Helped.
(b) Meddled.
(c) Worked.
(d) Planned.

3. What kind of crop does Alexandra harvest?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Corn.
(d) Grain.

4. Why is Frank angry with Mrs. Hiller?
(a) She hit his dog with her car.
(b) Her rent is late.
(c) She hasn't mended the fences.
(d) Her cows got out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marie doing when she hears Emil's scythe?

2. Who sleeps in Alexandra's barn in Part 2?

3. Whom does Carl see with Marie while he is walking alone one morning?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Frank and Marie meet?

3. What caused John's father's disgrace?

4. What does Amedee tell Emil he should do to be happy?

5. What does the author compare Emil and Amedee to while Emil is visiting Amedee and his new wife?

6. What does Emil think of Ivar's cave?

7. How do Carl and Alexandra spend their days while Carl is visiting?

8. What does Carl witness between Marie and Emil one morning while walking alone?

9. What does Alexandra do while looking at the riverside property?

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

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