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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Karl's last name?
(a) Nyberg.
(b) Nilsson.
(c) Nyland.
(d) Svensson.

2. What food does Sven prepare to give to the Sioux who come to his farm?
(a) Pork.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Corn.

3. What is Whitsuntide?
(a) A geology tool.
(b) An author.
(c) A religious holiday.
(d) A cleaning solution.

4. What year is it when Karl yields his largest crop?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1899.

5. What is the name of the battle where U.S. soldiers fight the Sioux Indians on August 18, 1862?
(a) Battle of Orion Springs.
(b) Battle of Redwood.
(c) Battle of Hopewell.
(d) Battle of Great Oak.

6. Which one of Karl's sons works for a timber company?
(a) Frank.
(b) Erik.
(c) Owen.
(d) Jakob.

7. What is the name of Karl's home parish?
(a) Varberg.
(b) Hassleholm.
(c) Ljuder.
(d) Karlstad.

8. When does Karl think that his farm will finally be completed?
(a) When he buys the adjoining farm.
(b) When the oak grove is cleared.
(c) Never.
(d) When the irrigation system is installed.

9. What is the name of the homestead act which encouraged Swedish people to immigrate to Minnesota?
(a) Scandinavian Homestead Act.
(b) Lincoln's Homestead Act.
(c) Swedish Homestead Act.
(d) Johnson's Homestead Act.

10. On whom does the last oak tree fall?
(a) Jonas.
(b) Karl.
(c) Johan.
(d) Nils.

11. How much money does the federal government promise to pay the Sioux Indians for their land?
(a) $5,000.
(b) $120,000.
(c) $70,000.
(d) $500,000.

12. What intermittent noise is heard in Karl and Kristina's house as he watches over her?
(a) The church bell.
(b) The children's singing.
(c) A clock.
(d) Sioux warrior cries.

13. What does Kristina dream she is doing in her dream?
(a) Swinging on an ox thong.
(b) Picking apples.
(c) Riding a horse.
(d) Dancing.

14. What seems to bother Karl as he watches over Kristina?
(a) That she will not wake up.
(b) That her fever will not go down.
(c) That she no longer recognizes him.
(d) That her extremities are going numb.

15. What seems to serve as a symbol of the Sioux's uprising in the La Croix Valley?
(a) The black clouds.
(b) The La Croix River.
(c) The Indian cliff.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the condemned Sioux Indians do on the way to the gallows?

2. What does Kristina do when she is comatose?

3. What makes Karl forget about the Sioux Indian scare for periods of time?

4. How many white settlers are left homeless from the Sioux Indian war?

5. What is Kristina suffering through at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

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