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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long have Karl and Kristina been married?
(a) 27 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 15 years.

3. How many parishioners leave the church to join Fredrick Nilsson?
(a) 2.
(b) 66.
(c) 100.
(d) 20.

4. Which war breaks out at the novel begins?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The War of 1812.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who tries to warn Sven to not move to Meeker County?
(a) Peter.
(b) Ira.
(c) Jonas.
(d) Erik.

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

12. Who is the neighbor's wife Karl sends for to attend to Kristina?
(a) Manda.
(b) Birgit.
(c) Rose.
(d) Ana.

13. What news is Kristina hesitant to tell Karl?
(a) She burned the dinner.
(b) She did not get his overalls mended.
(c) She can't find the cow.
(d) She is pregnant.

14. Karl trusts only _______________ and does not pray.
(a) himself.
(b) Kristina.
(c) Danjel.
(d) Ulrika.

15. Regarding the war, who believes that killing is wrong no matter the reason and punishment belongs to God alone?
(a) Kristina.
(b) Karl.
(c) Axel.
(d) Johan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Karl wait while Kristina is at her doctor's appointment?

2. The Swedish immigrants of the St. Croix Valley are divided on ___________________.

3. Why does Kristina decide to be intimate with Karl again?

4. Kristina had brought a seed from which type of tree to plant in America?

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

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