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

2. What tone does Karl take in his prayer with God after his injury?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Humility.
(d) Defiance.

3. Karl's home parish is suffering its worst crop failure in __________________.
(a) over 100 years.
(b) ten years.
(c) thirty-five years.
(d) fifty years.

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

5. Which one of Karl's daughters wants to marry Klas?
(a) Evelina.
(b) Gerda.
(c) Marta.
(d) Linnea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the federal government promise to pay the Sioux Indians for their land?

2. Who is Klas Albert?

3. What is the plight of the Sioux Indians when the government does not pay them?

4. Karl builds a coffin for Kristina with boards that had been intended for what?

5. Why are there so few men who can help fight against the Sioux Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Karl not evacuate to town when the other settlers are doing so?

2. What is Ulrika's true reason for giving the bridal crown to the village church?

3. Which of Karl and Kristina's relatives are killed in the first Indian attack, and who is the only one to survive?

4. What are Karl's feelings about God after the death of Kristina?

5. Why does Karl decide to send wheat back to Sweden and why does he send his best crop?

6. Why do the Sioux Indians initiate war against the white settlers?

7. What food does Karl give to Kristina and how does Karl know that Kristina is dead?

8. What is Karl's perspective on God since he has sustained his injury?

9. Why is Ulrika upset at her son's choice of occupation?

10. How does Karl embarrass his sons sometimes when he speaks now that he is older?

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