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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The family had immigrated and settled in which U.S. state?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Montana.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Minnesota.

3. Kristina is pregnant with her ______________ child.
(a) third.
(b) twelfth.
(c) sixth.
(d) ninth.

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

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

6. When Karl tells Kristina that he wants to go to war, what does she ask him to wait for?
(a) The birth of the baby.
(b) Their wedding anniversary.
(c) Conscription.
(d) The harvest.

7. Who decides to enlist in the war in September of 1861?
(a) Karl.
(b) Johan.
(c) James.
(d) Axel.

8. Why is Kristina anxious for the apples to ripen?
(a) To make pies for the church bake sale.
(b) To share a piece of her childhood with her children.
(c) To can apples to give as gifts.
(d) To dry apples for the long winter.

9. Danjel is _______________ cousin.
(a) Kristina's.
(b) Sven's.
(c) Peter's.
(d) Karl's.

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

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

12. Kristina maintains that ____________________ is wrong about her illness.
(a) God.
(b) Ulrika.
(c) Karl.
(d) the doctor.

13. How old are Karl and Kristina?
(a) In their thirties.
(b) In their fifties.
(c) In their forties.
(d) In their twenties.

14. Kristina had brought a seed from which type of tree to plant in America?
(a) Willow.
(b) Peach.
(c) Apple.
(d) Oak.

15. Karl Oskar is the owner of the first settlement at _____________________.
(a) Chicago Lake.
(b) Chisago Lake.
(c) Chinook Lake.
(d) Charleston Lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Karl has tilled the last of the _________________ on his claim.

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

3. What does Kristina sew for Karl on her new sewing machine?

4. How does Karl feel about being rejected by the army?

5. Fredrick Nilsson is exiled from Sweden for preaching _____________________.

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