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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, It Was Called Ship-Sickness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens for the first time during the trip in Chapter 18?
(a) Land is sighted.
(b) Drinking water is gone.
(c) Seasickness is gone.
(d) Casualties occur.

2. The drought makes people think that it ___________________.
(a) is the end of the world.
(b) is hell on earth.
(c) it has to rain soon.
(d) is a prophecy.

3. What book does Robert read to Arvid?
(a) The History of Nature.
(b) Robinson Crusoe.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Gulliver's Travels.

4. Neither Karl Oskar nor his children face _____________________.
(a) illness.
(b) reality.
(c) a better future.
(d) spirituality.

5. Why is Robert flogged by his employer in Chapter 6?
(a) He seduces his daughter.
(b) He breaks the wagon shaft.
(c) He gambles.
(d) He let the cows free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the immigrants most regret about going to America?

2. Who is Elin's mother?

3. The passengers on the ship are separated by ______________________.

4. Which of the following does Dean Brusander NOT warn Karl Oskar about regarding America?

5. Who is now Danjel's farmhand?

(see the answer key)

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