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

2. Kristina tells Karl that her doctor's appointment was ___________________.
(a) painful.
(b) enlightening.
(c) expensive.
(d) embarrassing.

3. In what month will the apples be ripe?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) August.

4. The family had immigrated and settled in which U.S. state?
(a) Montana.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Minnesota.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kristina feel about being left alone if Karl goes to war?

2. Karl argues that it is not sinful to __________________ in a war.

3. Who decides to enlist in the war in September of 1861?

4. Kristina has been ill since ____________________.

5. Who offers to accompany Kristina to the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Karl and Kristina differ in their views on the Civil War?

2. How is Karl conflicted between his civic duty and his wife's pleas regarding his decision to enlist for war?

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

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

5. When does Karl finally decide to enlist in the war?

6. What is the first rule for immigrants and how does the author use the story of Anders Mansson's suicide to show it?

7. What is Dr. Farnley's warning for Kristina which Ulrika tells Karl because Kristina is too shy to talk about it?

8. What is the premise of "The Last Letter Home"?

9. What is Manda Svensson's moral dilemma regarding the baptism of her son and what advice does Kristina give her?

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

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