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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Karl built for the second time for his family?
(a) A new barn.
(b) A new carriage.
(c) A new house.
(d) A set of stairs.

2. What is Robert able to do in St. Louis that Arvid cannot?
(a) Con a boarding house mistress into letting them stay for free.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Find a girlfriend.
(d) Communicate in English.

3. What does Kristina think about her and Karl's spiritual life?
(a) They are very strict.
(b) She doesn't think about their spiritual life.
(c) They have been slack.
(d) They are easy going but the children know about God.

4. What does Kristina wonder about the Swedes who continue to settle the land around them?
(a) Why they travel to that remote area to settle.
(b) Why they have so many children.
(c) Why they want to be farmers.
(d) Why they do not build a church.

5. About what does Petrus start talking?
(a) About the crops he is planting at home.
(b) About the death of his only child to diphtheria.
(c) That Karl should have buried the turnips in a shallower ditch.
(d) That Petrus' wife is expecting their first child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karl Nilson hear as he is working in the forest?

2. Who decided to try to make a fortune on gold in California?

3. How old is Karl in Chapter 8?

4. Why does Karl have Johan run alongside the wagon?

5. What is one of the inventions the newspaper writes about?

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