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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Karl Oskar's last name?
(a) Nielsen.
(b) Nelson.
(c) Neville.
(d) Nilsson.

4. What does Kristina sew for Karl on her new sewing machine?
(a) Wool coat.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Sunday suit.
(d) Flannel shirts.

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

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

7. About what issue does Manda Svensson come to see Kristina?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Religion.
(c) Babies.
(d) Fabrics.

8. What is the region in which the settlers made their home in Minnesota?
(a) Orion Valley.
(b) Ottawa Valley.
(c) St. Croix Valley.
(d) LeJeune Valley.

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

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

11. In what month will the apples be ripe?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) August.

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

13. What type of apple tree has finally born fruit for Kristina?
(a) American.
(b) Australian.
(c) Astrakhan.
(d) Allspice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom does Karl receive a letter?

2. For what does Kristina pray?

3. Who tries to warn Sven to not move to Meeker County?

4. Why is Karl rejected by the army?

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

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