View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Towards the middle of their journey, the peasants become impatient with _______________.
(a) bad weather.
(b) time.
(c) hygiene.
(d) bad food.

2. The peasants use the Almanac for the Year to note _________________.
(a) holidays.
(b) birthdays.
(c) full moons.
(d) days and weeks.

3. In reality, Frederik is not _____________________.
(a) French.
(b) Swedish.
(c) American.
(d) British.

4. Captain Lorentz concludes that Kristina has __________________.
(a) rickets.
(b) polio.
(c) epilepsy.
(d) scurvy.

5. To the peasants, __________________ is the first foreign country they see.
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert talks to a man on board who claims to be ___________________.

2. What does Karl Oskar decide while on the trip?

3. Many of the stories told by the peasants include __________________.

4. What do the ship's passengers experience for the first time in Chapter 17?

5. Why does Inga Lena suffer from her illness in silence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the peasants fill their idle hours on ship?

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

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

5. Why is passing the English coast a crossroads for the passengers?

6. Who are the first two casualties on board the ship?

7. Describe the long night during which Karl Oskar tends to the very ill Kristina.

8. How are the story times beneficial for the peasants?

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

10. What does Robert try to teach to Elin prior to their arrival in America?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 944 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample