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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Karl write the letter in question #70?
(a) He wants some answers.
(b) He does it every year.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is lonely.

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

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

4. Why does Kristina cry out when she sees Johan?
(a) His arm is in a splint.
(b) He has two black eyes.
(c) His eye is bandaged.
(d) He has blood all over him.

5. Where does Ulrika Jackson live?
(a) Stillwater.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Wichita.

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

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

8. Who decided to try to make a fortune on gold in California?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Hans.
(c) Robert.
(d) Peter.

9. What does Karl continue to track over the years?
(a) His children's growth.
(b) His yearly taxes.
(c) His brother's whereabouts.
(d) His yearly harvests.

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

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

12. What does Karl do in the newspaper?
(a) Offer his ox for sale.
(b) Write an article about homesteading.
(c) Place an ad about selling his grain.
(d) Place an ad trying to find Robert.

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

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

15. What does Ulrika's husband do?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A Episcopal priest.
(c) A Baptist minister.
(d) A druggist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives in the middle of the night?

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

3. Why is Karl going to Taylor Falls?

4. What does Ulrika think when she has a daughter?

5. What does Johan explain?

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