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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ulrika tell Kristina she is going to do?
(a) Name her son Karl.
(b) Send her children to public schools.
(c) Divorce Henry.
(d) Have a party at her house.

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

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

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

5. What does Thomassen ask of Kristina?
(a) That she have an affair with him.
(b) That she sew his torn work clothes.
(c) That she cook a Swedish dish for him.
(d) That she come to visit him sometime.

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

7. Why do members of the community begin to meet in Petrus' barn?
(a) To have dances.
(b) For worship services.
(c) To vote on issues of the community.
(d) To learn more about farming.

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

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

10. Where does Karl put Johan to keep him warm?
(a) In a roadside shack.
(b) In a snow hut.
(c) Inside the ox's belly.
(d) Inside the grain bag.

11. 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 do not build a church.
(d) Why they want to be farmers.

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

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

14. What does Karl think he should have done with the turnip ditch?
(a) Dug several layers.
(b) Dug it in the eastern side of the field.
(c) Dug it deeper.
(d) Provided ventilation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ulrika's husband do?

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

3. What does Petrus call foolish?

4. Who is Petrus Olausson?

5. What stops Karl on his way to Danjel's house?

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