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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Captain Lorentz?
(a) 67.
(b) 49.
(c) 60.
(d) 38.

2. What have the peasants overcome on the ship?
(a) Homesickness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Seasickness.
(d) Thirst

3. Robert has trouble with his ______________ while on the ship.
(a) ear.
(b) elbow.
(c) knee.
(d) back.

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

5. Where will the passenger ship land in America?
(a) New York.
(b) Portland.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Miami.

6. What do the ship's passengers experience for the first time in Chapter 17?
(a) A storm.
(b) Thirst.
(c) A breathtaking sunset.
(d) Starvation.

7. The peasants begin to think of Sweden as a cottage with steady walls _________________.
(a) on a steady ground.
(b) with roses climbing up.
(c) that reach to the sky.
(d) and many windows.

8. Who was the maid of the man in #153?
(a) Birgita.
(b) Mai.
(c) Magda.
(d) Helena.

9. Robert talks to a man on board who claims to be ___________________.
(a) a plantation owner.
(b) an Episcopalian bishop.
(c) a marine merchant.
(d) a friend of the U.S. president.

10. Who is the only person who does not seem to be afflicted with seasickness?
(a) Ulrika.
(b) Ilsa.
(c) Marta.
(d) Tonya.

11. Elin hopes to find work as _________________.
(a) a housemaid.
(b) a dancer.
(c) a teacher.
(d) a cook.

12. What does Danjel firmly believe during the storm?
(a) God will deliver them safely.
(b) God will save the good people.
(c) God will spare the children.
(d) God will take the righteous.

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

14. How many funerals have been held during this journey?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

15. Frederik Mattsson tells Robert that Frederik is to work __________________.
(a) on a farm.
(b) in a factory.
(c) in a theater.
(d) on a brothel ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Captain Lorentz stopped thinking about since he was young?

2. What is the literary term for Inga Lena's living all her life on land yet being buried at sea?

3. What food does Kristina miss while on the trip?

4. Who is the first person to die during the trip?

5. What do the peasants find to be insufficient on board the ship?

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