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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Klas Albert?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A farrier.
(d) A merchant.

3. What do the rich steal during the famine causing many poor children to die?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Apples.
(c) Breast milk.
(d) Rice.

4. How many white settlers are left homeless from the Sioux Indian war?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 30,000.
(c) 750.
(d) 5,000.

5. How many children does Ulrika have?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

6. Who is Miss Skalrud?
(a) A Norwegian midwife.
(b) A new teacher.
(c) A Norwegian artist.
(d) A Swedish nurse.

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

8. Ulrika shows Karl an article about an immigrant from Ljuder who has presented a/an _________________ to the village church.
(a) bridal crown.
(b) shipment of Bibles.
(c) organ.
(d) shipment of candles.

9. What does Karl decide to send to his home parish during the famine?
(a) A load of wheat.
(b) A load of peanuts.
(c) A load of corn.
(d) A load of soybeans.

10. How many days does it take for Kristina's delirium to break?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

11. How many coffins has Karl built in his life for family members?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 7.

12. Karl is happy that he had sent ______________ to his home parish in Sweden.
(a) soybeans.
(b) wheat.
(c) spices.
(d) corn.

13. How much did the item in #153 cost?
(a) $100.
(b) $75.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $900.

14. Who is the only person at Sven's house to escape being killed by the Sioux?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Olof.
(c) Rolf.
(d) Bjorn.

15. What has Karl never regretted in his life?
(a) Emigrating from Sweden.
(b) Serving in the army.
(c) Leaving college.
(d) Marrying Ulrika.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kristina's dream transitions from a pleasant situation to one in which she ________________________.

2. Kristina tells Karl that she dreamed she was in ___________________.

3. William J. Sturgis of Company B of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment carries an Indian alarm 120 miles in only ________________________.

4. Back in Sweden, Ulrika was known as the parish _______________.

5. What is the name of the battle where U.S. soldiers fight the Sioux Indians on August 18, 1862?

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