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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers to accompany Kristina to the doctor?
(a) Birgit.
(b) Ulrika.
(c) Berta.
(d) Manda.

2. The _______________ does not have the same power in America that it did in Sweden.
(a) farmers.
(b) clergy.
(c) politicians.
(d) teachers.

3. What is Kristina doing when she experiences intense abdominal pain and bleeds heavily?
(a) Milking a cow.
(b) Washing the clothes.
(c) Making stew.
(d) Chopping kindling.

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

5. What is the name of the person in #57?
(a) Sven.
(b) Lydia.
(c) Johan.
(d) Oskar.

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

7. What is the main reason Kristina doesn't want Karl to go to war?
(a) She will miss him.
(b) She can't raise the children on her own.
(c) She is concerned for his soul.
(d) She can't run the farm without help.

8. Kristina tells Karl that her doctor's appointment was ___________________.
(a) expensive.
(b) enlightening.
(c) painful.
(d) embarrassing.

9. Where does Karl wait while Kristina is at her doctor's appointment?
(a) The waiting room.
(b) The Baptish church.
(c) Pastor Jackson's house.
(d) A restaurant.

10. For what does Kristina pray?
(a) To get a good friend.
(b) To live a few more years.
(c) To have a grandchild.
(d) To have another child.

11. A sand cliff on the west shore of Lake Chisago is shaped like _____________________.
(a) an Indian head.
(b) a knife.
(c) an arrow.
(d) a hawk.

12. What nationality is the family whose story is told in "The Last Letter Home"?
(a) French.
(b) Swedish.
(c) German.
(d) English.

13. What season is it when Part 1, Chapter IV begins?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

14. How many siblings does Karl have?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

15. What is the state of Kristina's health at this point?
(a) She is still bleeding heavily.
(b) She feels like a new woman.
(c) She is stronger and the bleeding has stopped.
(d) She has not improved much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the neighbor's wife Karl sends for to attend to Kristina?

2. What does Karl dream of tilling on his claim?

3. Why does Kristina not want to go to the doctor?

4. Karl insists that they follow the doctor's instructions because it is important for Kristina to get better, despite ___________________________.

5. How many parishioners leave the church to join Fredrick Nilsson?

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