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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. What is the content of the letter sent to Karl?
(a) His mother has died.
(b) His sister has had her first child.
(c) The farm has been sold.
(d) The family home has burned down.

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

3. What does Karl dream of tilling on his claim?
(a) The orchard.
(b) The pine tree stand.
(c) The oak stand.
(d) The meadow.

4. What season is it when Part 1, Chapter IV begins?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

5. What is the main reason Kristina doesn't want Karl to go to war?
(a) She can't raise the children on her own.
(b) She is concerned for his soul.
(c) She will miss him.
(d) She can't run the farm without help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Karl trusts only _______________ and does not pray.

2. Who tries to warn Sven to not move to Meeker County?

3. Karl has tilled the last of the _________________ on his claim.

4. Kristina has been ill since ____________________.

5. What crop is Karl Oskar ready to plant as news of the war comes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Indian cliff symbolize in the story?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What topic does Ulrika bring up to Karl one day which embarrasses him?

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

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