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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. Who is Klas Albert?
(a) A farrier.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A merchant.

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

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

4. To whom has Karl left his farm?
(a) Marta.
(b) Johan.
(c) Birgit.
(d) Ana.

5. What does Karl get from Klas Albert in exchange for his daughter?
(a) A harness.
(b) A map.
(c) A kerosene lamp.
(d) A vacuum cleaner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kristina dream she is doing in her dream?

2. On whom does the last oak tree fall?

3. Kristina tells Karl that she dreamed she was in ___________________.

4. How many white settlers are killed in the Sioux Indian war?

5. What is Whitsuntide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What injury does Karl sustain that will plague him for the rest of his life?

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

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

4. How does Ulrika reveal to Karl that she donated the bridal crown to the village church?

5. What item does Klas Albert convince Karl to buy, and what benefit does it bring to Karl's family?

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

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

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

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

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

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