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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the predominant religion in the St. Croix Valley area?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Methodist.

2. Kristina has been ill since ____________________.
(a) Christmas.
(b) her last miscarriage.
(c) they left Sweden.
(d) last Summer.

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

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

5. 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 share a piece of her childhood with her children.
(d) To dry apples for the long winter.

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

7. Kristina prays to God so that ___________________.
(a) she may return to Sweden.
(b) Karl's leg will heal.
(c) her children won't be without a mother.
(d) there will be a good crop this year.

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

9. What is the content of the letter sent to Karl?
(a) The family home has burned down.
(b) His mother has died.
(c) The farm has been sold.
(d) His sister has had her first child.

10. Why is Karl rejected by the army?
(a) His vision is not 20/20.
(b) His left leg is lame.
(c) He has flat feet.
(d) He is missing a thumb.

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

12. Who is Karl Oskar's wife?
(a) Kristina.
(b) Rose.
(c) Brigit.
(d) Inger.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of apple tree has finally born fruit for Kristina?

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

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

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