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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kristina feel about being left alone if Karl goes to war?
(a) She has some major concerns.
(b) She is not afraid.
(c) She is petrified.
(d) She is slightly worried.

2. Whose mother does Karl find dead in a field?
(a) Johan's.
(b) Ira's.
(c) Anders'.
(d) Sven's.

3. What is the name of the person in #57?
(a) Johan.
(b) Sven.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Oskar.

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

5. Kristina believes that ______________________ does not affect a connection with God.
(a) praying.
(b) reading the Bible.
(c) the choice of religion.
(d) money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Regarding the war, who believes that killing is wrong no matter the reason and punishment belongs to God alone?

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

3. Kristina has been ill since ____________________.

4. The family had immigrated and settled in which U.S. state?

5. What bothers Kristina about the baptism ceremony in Ulrika's parishioners in Stillwater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the argument Karl and Nojd have regarding who really owns Karl's land?

2. What decision does Kristina make for herself regarding which religion to follow and how does she show independence in her relationship with God?

3. How does Karl's rational side emerge when Civil War breaks out in America?

4. How do Karl and Kristina differ in their views of what her new pregnancy means?

5. What does Jonas Petter's admonition to Sven about moving to Meeker County foreshadow?

6. How do Karl and Kristina differ on the religious aspects of killing in the war?

7. What is the irony of Kristina's praying that her children are not left motherless, and the letter Karl receives from his sister?

8. What are Kristina's beliefs about the way white Christians treat the Indians?

9. What is the author foreshadowing by writing about Karl's dreams of tilling his oak stand and the mention of the church bells?

10. How do Karl and Kristina differ in their views when Karl is rejected by the army?

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