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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 is the rumor circulating about Arvid?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He impregnated a heifer.
(c) He killed a man.
(d) He left his wife and children.

2. What leads to fights between Karl Oskar and Kristina?
(a) In-laws.
(b) Political views.
(c) Illness.
(d) Debts.

3. From whom does Karl Oskar borrow money?
(a) Erik.
(b) Lars.
(c) Nils.
(d) Danjel.

4. Karl leaves home as a teenager and works as a _________________.
(a) cook.
(b) farmhand.
(c) farrier.
(d) salesman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristina is _______________ almost year after year.

2. What had happened at one time to the man in #45?

3. Who agrees to accompany Karl Oskar and his family on their move?

4. What is the name of the ship that will take the immigrants to America?

5. How can Karl Oskar's personality best be described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Captain Lorentz unhappy about peasant passengers?

2. Who is Danjel Andreasson, and what are his religious beliefs?

3. How are Karl Oskar's troubles attributed to weather?

4. Why does Kristina question the trip to America?

5. What are the good and bad omens at the beginning of Karl Oskar and Kristina's trip?

6. Describe Robert's grim life in Chapter 3.

7. Why are Danjel's teachings at odds with Dean Brusander's beliefs?

8. What is the name of the ship to carry the peasants and who is the captain?

9. Why does Robert compare his work situation to the death of his cat?

10. What economic impact do Danjel's religious beliefs have on the village?

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