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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. William J. Sturgis of Company B of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment carries an Indian alarm 120 miles in only ________________________.
(a) 15 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 3 days.

2. In what town were the condemned Sioux Indians hanged in 1862?
(a) Hopewell.
(b) Orion.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Mankato.

3. Why are there so few men who can help fight against the Sioux Indians?
(a) Many men want to protect their own farms.
(b) Some men take their families and move away.
(c) Many men are off fighting in the Civil War.
(d) Some men have religious objections to it.

4. What is the nature of Kristina's illness?
(a) She has a broken leg.
(b) She has a migraine.
(c) She has miscarried again.
(d) She has influenza.

5. Which woman has been recently widowed?
(a) Britta.
(b) Pia.
(c) Ulrika.
(d) Ana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kristina suffering through at the beginning of Chapter XIII?

2. What disappoints Karl about Marta's wedding?

3. What seems to bother Karl as he watches over Kristina?

4. Who is the only person at Sven's house to escape being killed by the Sioux?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What things does Karl tell Lydia in last letter to her?

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

3. How many Sioux Indians did President Lincoln pardon, and how did the remaining 38 behave on the way to the gallows?

4. Who is William J. Sturgis, and what heroic act did he perform in the duty of warning settlers about the Indian attacks?

5. What is the reason that so many people emigrate to Lake Chisago from Sweden

6. How does the changing Indian cliff serve as a metaphor for the sorrows of the Sioux Indians?

7. What does Karl learn about why Klas Albert had paid for the wheat shipment back to Sweden?

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

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

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

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