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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 does Alexandra say she puts all of her personality into?
(a) Her work.
(b) Her cooking.
(c) Her writing.
(d) Her prayers.

2. What strange thing does Marie consider a treasure?
(a) Her pain.
(b) Emil's letters.
(c) A feather.
(d) A rock.

3. Where was Emil shot?
(a) In the back.
(b) In the stomach.
(c) In the heart.
(d) In the head.

4. Whom does Alexandra go to church with during the winter?
(a) Marie.
(b) Lou.
(c) Ivar.
(d) Carl.

5. What does Carl say Alexandra will always be surrounded by?
(a) Little men.
(b) Dreamers.
(c) Unimaginative people.
(d) People who love her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Ivar say will comfort Alexandra after the deaths of Marie and Emil?

2. What does Alexandra say will happen if Carl goes away?

3. Where does Emil talk with Amedee before leaving for Omaha?

4. Why did Carl never respond to Alexandra's letter?

5. Where does Marie go walking after hearing about Amedee's pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Alexandra say are her only friends?

2. What did Frank do when he came home from drinking after Amedee's death?

3. What is Alexandra's fantasy?

4. What happens to Amedee when Emil is about to leave for Omaha?

5. What does Alexandra do when she first gets to Lincoln to visit Frank in prison?

6. How did Ivar find out about the murders?

7. How does Alexandra describe her personal life?

8. Why did Carl never respond to Alexandra's letter to him?

9. What does Marie think about when she sees Frank's old cane?

10. What does Emil ask Alexandra about their grandfather, and what is her response?

(see the answer keys)

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