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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Karl feel about being rejected by the army?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Proud.
(d) Hurt.

2. How long does Karl have to wait for Kristina to leave her doctor's appointment?
(a) Two hours.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) One hour.
(d) A half hour.

3. How old is Manda's little son?
(a) One year old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) Four years old.
(d) Six months old.

4. Fredrick Nilsson is exiled from Sweden for preaching _____________________.
(a) blasphemy.
(b) same sex marriage.
(c) atheist tenets.
(d) immersion of Baptism.

5. What bothers Kristina about the baptism ceremony in Ulrika's parishioners in Stillwater?
(a) The gifts provided.
(b) The immersion in water.
(c) The ferocity of the minister.
(d) The loud singing and dancing.

6. Why does Kristina decide to be intimate with Karl again?
(a) Because she thinks she will die soon.
(b) Because she thinks he will have an affair.
(c) Because he threatens to divorce her.
(d) Because only God rules her life.

7. Which Indian tribe is rumored to be near the place where newlywed Sven has his claim?
(a) Shawnee.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Lakota.

8. Why does Kristina not want to go to the doctor?
(a) Because there is no money to pay him.
(b) Because she is too embarrassed.
(c) Because it is God's decision on how long she lives.
(d) Because the trip is too long.

9. The hunters and warriors of the Sioux tribe paint ___________________ on their tomahawks to signal sure death to the enemy.
(a) red moons.
(b) blue arrows.
(c) white feathers.
(d) black stars.

10. Karl has tilled the last of the _________________ on his claim.
(a) hillside.
(b) valley.
(c) meadow.
(d) plains.

11. Kristina learns that she will die if ______________________.
(a) she gets pregnant again.
(b) she continues to gain weight.
(c) she doesn't take her heart medication.
(d) she gets bronchitis again.

12. What religion does Fredrick Nilsson practice?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Baptist.

13. After her diagnosis, Kristina feels that she is useless as ________________.
(a) a mother.
(b) a seamstress.
(c) a wife.
(d) a cook.

14. To what does Old Abe attribute the fact that news travels fast?
(a) The telephone.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) The Pony Express.
(d) The telegraph.

15. What does Karl dream of tilling on his claim?
(a) The meadow.
(b) The pine tree stand.
(c) The orchard.
(d) The oak stand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Swedish wife of the Baptist minister is _____________________.

2. As Kristina walks home she is frightened by a figure that turns out to be _____________.

3. Which war breaks out at the novel begins?

4. The _______________ does not have the same power in America that it did in Sweden.

5. About what issue does Manda Svensson come to see Kristina?

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