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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. Who moved to America with Karl and his family?
(a) Kristina's older brother Hans.
(b) Karl's younger brother Robert.
(c) Karl's oldest brother Peter.
(d) No one.

5. What does Karl say not longer rejuvenates him?
(a) Playing with his children.
(b) Taking his wife to bed.
(c) Eating a large breakfast.
(d) A night's sleep.

6. Whose scriptural interpretations does Kristina sometimes question?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Henry.
(c) Petrus.
(d) Karl.

7. What fruit does Kristina have for dinner?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Cranberries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Apples.

8. What does Lydia ask about in her letter to Karl?
(a) What to do with their elderly parents.
(b) If she can join him in America.
(c) His children.
(d) Their brother Robert.

9. What is Kristina cooking for dinner?
(a) Fish soup.
(b) Meat stew.
(c) Lentil stew.
(d) Bean soup.

10. What does Karl discover about the turnips that he goes to get?
(a) They have sprouted.
(b) They are rotten.
(c) They are fine.
(d) They are gone.

11. What does Kristina begin cooking?
(a) Fish fillets.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Fried tomatoes.
(d) Waffles.

12. For what was Danjel Andreasson exiled from Sweden?
(a) His religious beliefs.
(b) His race.
(c) His political views.
(d) He was not exiled.

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

14. What does Ulrika tell Kristina about an American husband?
(a) He would not help her with woman's work.
(b) He would do some of her chores.
(c) An American husband would make more money.
(d) An American husband would have to go to the army.

15. Who does Kristina talk to who is as homesick as she is?
(a) Stephen Nisslson.
(b) Paul Nyord.
(c) Nathaniel Guissom.
(d) Anders Mansson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petrus say about Indian Corn?

2. What quickly spread throughout the region?

3. What gift does Ulrika give Kristina?

4. What does Kristina think about her and Karl's spiritual life?

5. What does Kristina wonder about the Swedes who continue to settle the land around them?

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