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

2. What does Robert teach Elin on board the ship?
(a) How to play the harmonica.
(b) How to speak English.
(c) How to fish.
(d) How to play cards.

3. What do the peasants find to be insufficient on board the ship?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Candles.
(d) Blankets.

4. What is a major challenge for the ship's passengers?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Lice.
(c) Humidity.
(d) Mice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert is ridden with angst about memories of ____________________.

2. What is put into Inga's mouth before her body is thrown into the ocean?

3. What illness does Kristina get in Chapter 21?

4. Which of the following is a food which the ship's passengers do NOT lack?

5. Where will the passenger ship land in America?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the ship a symbol for its passengers?

2. How is the Swedish soil used in Inga Lena's funeral?

3. Describe the lice infestation on ship and why Ulrika may be the only one who does not get them.

4. What is Karl Oskar's mindset when it is learned that Kristina is bleeding from scurvy?

5. How do the family members cope with the first storm they encounter at sea?

6. What does Robert learn about his friend, Frederik, on the ship?

7. What renews the passengers' loyalty to Sweden and the life they left behind?

8. To what does Kristina compare her conditions on the ship?

9. Why does Robert begin to question his decision to make the journey to America?

10. What are some of the first hardships experienced by the passengers on the ship?

(see the answer keys)

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