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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karl Nilson hear as he is working in the forest?
(a) A strange bird call.
(b) The sound of another axe in the forest.
(c) A wild boar grunting.
(d) A wolf howling.

2. What does Petrus say about Indian Corn?
(a) It rots too fast after picked.
(b) It is resilient to bugs.
(c) It won't grow in this area.
(d) It's the best variety for this area.

3. What does Kristina sometimes feel disappointed about when she wakes in the morning?
(a) She is in America.
(b) She has to get up and start the day.
(c) She is not able to cook the big breakfasts like they had in the old country.
(d) She is not pregnant.

4. What does Karl do in the newspaper?
(a) Write an article about homesteading.
(b) Offer his ox for sale.
(c) Place an ad trying to find Robert.
(d) Place an ad about selling his grain.

5. With whom did Ulrika travel to America?
(a) Kristina.
(b) She traveled alone.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

6. Who is Arvid?
(a) Kristina's brother.
(b) Petrus' brother.
(c) Karl's brother.
(d) The boyhood friend of Robert's.

7. Why do the people meeting in Petrus' barn set aside a piece of land?
(a) For a playground.
(b) For a community center.
(c) For a cemetery.
(d) For building a church.

8. Who is Judit?
(a) Petrus's oldest daughter.
(b) Petrus' wife.
(c) Kristina's youngest sister.
(d) Ulrika's oldest daughter.

9. Why does Karl write the letter in question #70?
(a) He does it every year.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He wants some answers.
(d) He is lonely.

10. What has Karl planted for use in the future for clothing?
(a) Hemp.
(b) Flax.
(c) Straw.
(d) Cotton.

11. About what is Petrus embarrassed when he goes home with Karl?
(a) That one of Karl's sons is not wearing pants.
(b) That Kristena is wearing slacks.
(c) That Karl's wife looks him right in the eye.
(d) That Karl's baby girl is naked.

12. Why does Kristina cry out when she sees Johan?
(a) His eye is bandaged.
(b) He has two black eyes.
(c) He has blood all over him.
(d) His arm is in a splint.

13. What quickly spread throughout the region?
(a) That there is going to be a revival.
(b) How Karl saves his son's life.
(c) That Karl refuses to eat his ox meat.
(d) How the mill is cheating the settlers.

14. What does Karl continue to track over the years?
(a) His yearly harvests.
(b) His children's growth.
(c) His yearly taxes.
(d) His brother's whereabouts.

15. What does Karl say about their food supply?
(a) They usually have a surfeit to sell at market.
(b) The sometimes are short, but not too often.
(c) They are always short and the children are often hungry.
(d) They have sufficient food to feed their family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lydia ask about in her letter to Karl?

2. What does Kristina begin cooking?

3. What does Karl think he should have done with the turnip ditch?

4. What does Karl buy from the lumber company?

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

(see the answer keys)

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