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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What depresses Kristina?
(a) That her youngest child is ill.
(b) That she has only two dresses.
(c) That her garden did poorly this year.
(d) That she is pregnant again.

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

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

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

7. What is one of the inventions the newspaper writes about?
(a) Refridgerator.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Steam powered automobile.

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

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

10. What does Kristina think about her and Karl's spiritual life?
(a) They are easy going but the children know about God.
(b) They have been slack.
(c) They are very strict.
(d) She doesn't think about their spiritual life.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Petrus tell Kristina about Ulrika?

2. About what is Kristina self conscious?

3. Why do members of the community begin to meet in Petrus' barn?

4. To whom does Karl write a letter at the end of Chapter 11?

5. Why is Karl irked?

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