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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 are the peasants unaccustomed to?
(a) Inactivity.
(b) Not going to church.
(c) Dizziness.
(d) Writing letters.

2. For the seamen, the disappearance of ________________ is a bad omen.
(a) the moon.
(b) the sun.
(c) the wind.
(d) the bird.

3. Packs of _________________ are placed around Kristina's body.
(a) ice.
(b) cured meat.
(c) sea water.
(d) herbs.

4. The peasants say they will always have warm feelings for _________________.
(a) Farming.
(b) Christmas.
(c) The sea.
(d) Sweden.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Karl Oskar think he can change?

3. What does Danjel tell Inga-Lena to do to cope with seasickness?

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

5. What is important to Karl Oskar as he disembarks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Inga-Lena keep her illness to herself?

2. How does time become an important element in the peasants' lives?

3. How does Inga Lena's funeral prompt the captain to give his philosophy on life and death?

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

5. What illness does Kristina get after her bout with sea sickness and why is she concerned for her children?

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

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

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

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

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

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