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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karl Oskar decide while on the trip?
(a) He will return to Sweden in ten years.
(b) He wants to start a coffee farm.
(c) He wants to have another daughter.
(d) He will never take a sea voyage again.

2. What illness does Kristina get in Chapter 21?
(a) Rickets.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) Emphysema.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. The passengers on the ship are separated by ______________________.
(a) old or young.
(b) slave or free.
(c) male and female.
(d) married and unmarried.

4. How do the passengers pass their time on the ship?
(a) Telling tales.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing board games.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What does Karl Oskar think he can change?
(a) His identity.
(b) His wife.
(c) His past.
(d) His destiny.

6. The passengers are very uneasy about ________________.
(a) attractions to other people.
(b) where they will land.
(c) arguments with each other.
(d) not knowing how far they have traveled.

7. What reminds the peasants of what they have left behind?
(a) A Swedish ship returning to Sweden.
(b) Swedish food.
(c) Swedish songs.
(d) Stories about Sweden.

8. Who is the only person on board the ship who does not get body lice?
(a) Elin.
(b) Heidi.
(c) Margot.
(d) Ulrika.

9. What does Kristina think about the trip?
(a) She thinks she will get used to it.
(b) She loves being at sea.
(c) She doesn't think she will survive.
(d) She is a little nauseous but enjoys it.

10. Jonas Petter tells a story about a man who could not be buried because ____________________.
(a) his erection would not go away.
(b) he was not Swedish.
(c) his wife would not allow it.
(d) he wanted to be cremated.

11. Kristina's weakness toward her husband usually results in _______________.
(a) pregnancy.
(b) arguments.
(c) long talks.
(d) sadness.

12. What are the peasants always told when they want to complain to the captain?
(a) He is reading maps.
(b) He is eating.
(c) He cannot speak the language.
(d) He is asleep.

13. Robert is ridden with angst about memories of ____________________.
(a) going to school.
(b) leaving Sweden.
(c) drowning his cat.
(d) his first love.

14. Which of the following is a food which the ship's passengers do NOT lack?
(a) Fresh fruit.
(b) Milk.
(c) Salted food.
(d) Bread.

15. How many people must sleep in the same family compartment as Kristina?
(a) 12.
(b) 44.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elin hopes to find work as _________________.

2. Who is the only person other than Ulrika of Vastergohl to avoid seasickness?

3. How old is Captain Lorentz?

4. What is a major challenge for the ship's passengers?

5. Robert and Elin note ____________________ as they get closer to land.

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