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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. Kristina learns that ______________ migrants drowned on board the Betty Catharina.
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 70.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do on his way to his new job?

2. On what day of the week do Karl Oskar and Kristina leave for America?

3. Karl Oskar's father describes their departure as _____________________.

4. How does Karl Oskar see the bright side of Kristina's pregnancy?

5. Danjel has a vision in which he sees Jesus Christ and ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Anna's death alter Kristina's view on going to America?

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

4. What does Karl Oskar do after Robert returns home from Aron's punishment?

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

6. Why does Karl Oskar feel impotent to argue with Dean Brusander regarding Karl Oskar's move to America?

7. What are the main reasons Robert and Arvid want to leave the farm?

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

9. What is the symbolism of the big old chest to be packed for the journey to America?

10. Why does Kristina question the trip to America?

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