2. About what is Kristina self conscious?
(a) Her homemade dress.
(b) Her hair is coming loose from its bun.
(c) Speaking English.
(d) Her shoes are so worn.

3. What has Kristina obtained with Ulrika's help?
(a) A spinning wheel.
(b) A horse.
(c) A sewing machine.
(d) A mule.

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

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

6. Who is Petrus Olausson?
(a) Karl's uncle.
(b) The town mayor.
(c) Another man who is cutting wood.
(d) Karl's brother-in-law.

7. What does Karl buy from the lumber company?
(a) An ox.
(b) A horse.
(c) A mule.
(d) A two-man saw.

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

9. 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.

10. Why was Petrus punished in Sweden?
(a) For not paying his taxes.
(b) For his religious beliefs.
(c) For defacing public property.
(d) For stealing food.

11. When does Kristina think Robert will return to their farm?
(a) When he is completely destitute.
(b) When he is married.
(c) When he has made his fortune.
(d) When his first child arrives.

12. Why does Kristina like Erland Torner?
(a) He laughs a lot.
(b) He gives a kinder interpretation to the scriptures.
(c) He likes children.
(d) He is tolerant.

13. With whom does Kristina know she will not be close friends?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Chloe.
(c) Ulrika.
(d) Judit.

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

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