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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. William J. Sturgis of Company B of the Fifth Minnesota Regiment carries an Indian alarm 120 miles in only ________________________.

2. What is Whitsuntide?

3. What is the nature of Kristina's illness?

4. Ulrika shows Karl an article about an immigrant from Ljuder who has presented a/an _________________ to the village church.

5. In what month is Karl's oak stand cleared?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is confirmed about Kristina's illness when she has abdominal pain and bleeding again?

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

9. What does Karl feel about Marta's marrying Klas Albert, and what does Karl ask for in exchange for Marta?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of the family in "The Last Letter Home". What does it mean for each of the main characters? How does the family evolve in its support of each other? How do all the white settlers become a family of sorts? How are they bound like a family is bound together? Why is this bond stronger than natural ones in some cases?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Moberg's writing style. How is he different from other writers of his time? What are some of his characteristic writing techniques? Identify some examples of his classic style in "The Last Letter Home".

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of struggle. Identify at least two examples about struggle in the book. Then explain how each example supports the theme of struggle.

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