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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Petrus tell Kristina about Ulrika?
(a) That Ulrika is very nice.
(b) That Ulrika should live on a farm in their community.
(c) That Ulrika is returning to Sweden.
(d) That she is wrong to be friends with Ulrika.

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

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

4. What gift does Ulrika give Kristina?
(a) A smoked ham.
(b) A purse.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A chicken with chicks.

5. Why is Karl irked?
(a) That Petrus calls his brother a fool.
(b) That Petrus calls his best friend a fool.
(c) Having Petrus comment on every aspect of their lives.
(d) That Petrus asks about their family plans.

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

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

8. Why is Karl going to Taylor Falls?
(a) To have his millet ground.
(b) To purchase a new plow.
(c) To have his grain milled.
(d) To buy spring seeds.

9. Why is Johan incoherent?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Hypothermia.
(c) He was hit in the head at the mill.
(d) Fever.

10. When does Kristina give birth to her girl?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) May.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Karl continue to track over the years?

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

5. What has Kristina obtained with Ulrika's help?

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