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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Karl Oskar driven to move to the country in #73?
(a) The land is better for farming.
(b) The government is fair.
(c) There is no king.
(d) The schools are better.

2. Kristina is torn about going against _______________________.
(a) her father's rules.
(b) the village laws.
(c) what the Bible preaches.
(d) her mother's advice.

3. On the way to Karishamn, Robert ____________________.
(a) is caught by his master.
(b) breaks his leg.
(c) goes to church.
(d) meets a pretty girl.

4. Which of the following does Danjel NOT do as his religion is renewed?
(a) Stops swearing.
(b) Shares his possessions with the poor.
(c) Takes more wives.
(d) Stops making alcoholic beverages.

5. What is Robert's work at the farm?
(a) Planting and harvesting.
(b) Maintaining buildings.
(c) Tending the horses.
(d) Milking cows.

6. On what day of the week do Karl Oskar and Kristina leave for America?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

7. Who is the girl who Karl marries?
(a) Berta.
(b) Pernilla.
(c) Heidi.
(d) Anna.

8. Which of the following does Dean Brusander NOT warn Karl Oskar about regarding America?
(a) It is full of wild Indians.
(b) Is is spiritually empty.
(c) It is chaotic.
(d) It is a tropical climate.

9. What is brannvin?
(a) Christmas cake.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Alcoholic drink.

10. Kristina is _______________ almost year after year.
(a) lonely.
(b) homesick.
(c) sick.
(d) pregnant.

11. How can Karl Oskar's personality best be described?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Passive.
(c) Headstrong.
(d) Timid.

12. How does Robert's master punish him?
(a) Hits him in the ear.
(b) Locks him in a cellar.
(c) Whips him.
(d) Starves him.

13. Karl Oskar wants his children to be _________________________.
(a) musicians.
(b) more than farmhands.
(c) German citizens.
(d) doctors.

14. Who is Karl's brother?
(a) Robert.
(b) Erik.
(c) Sven.
(d) Evan.

15. In what month do Karl Oskar and Kristina leave for America?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do after he is flogged?

2. In what year does the ship carrying the immigrants sail for America?

3. Fredrik of Kvantorpet trades his master's _____________ for money that he keeps for himself.

4. Karl Oskar still struggles with _________________.

5. Robert wonders about the records about him in _____________________.

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