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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Robert and Arvid realize when morning comes?
(a) The mules have returned.
(b) The mules are dead by the water.
(c) Mario has been looking for them.
(d) They are lost.

2. What does Karl believe about Robert and the money?
(a) That Robert stole the money.
(b) That Robert doesn't know anything about the money.
(c) That Robert lied to him.
(d) That Robert was playing a joke.

3. What does Robert do with Kristina when Karl goes to Stillwater?
(a) Reads the newspaper to her.
(b) Plays with her and the children.
(c) Helps her repair a window.
(d) Helps her weed the garden.

4. What has Kristina ordered the children to do?
(a) Pull the weeds in the vegetable garden.
(b) Follow Robert.
(c) Get the laundry hung out.
(d) Stay away from the lake.

5. What is Robert able to do in St. Louis that Arvid cannot?
(a) Con a boarding house mistress into letting them stay for free.
(b) Find a girlfriend.
(c) Find a job.
(d) Communicate in English.

6. How do Robert and Arvid survive the winter?
(a) They spend most of the winter in jail.
(b) Working for the city.
(c) Working on a farm.
(d) Living with Robert's girlfriend.

7. What does Karl say he will do with the money the next week?
(a) Take it to the sheriff to see if it is stolen.
(b) Give it back to Robert.
(c) Take it to the general store.
(d) Take it to a bank in Stillwater.

8. What does Arvid tell Robert about Minnesota one night?
(a) It is warmer in St. Louis than Minnesota.
(b) He never wants to go back.
(c) He wants to return there.
(d) He is worried about his wife and child left there.

9. How did Robert get out of the desert?
(a) Another mule train came along.
(b) Mario found him.
(c) He just walked until he found the camp.
(d) Some Apaches found him.

10. What does Karl believe when he examines the bills that Robert gave him?
(a) He believes they are stolen.
(b) He believes they are fake.
(c) He believes he should turn in Robert to the law.
(d) He believes they are real.

11. Where do Karl and Kristina put the money?
(a) Buried in the back.
(b) In the vegetable shed.
(c) Under their mattress.
(d) In a large storage chest.

12. What does Robert do after Arvid dies?
(a) Finds a mule.
(b) Sits down can cries.
(c) Buries him.
(d) Heads out looking for Mario.

13. What does Robert believe will happen when Karl finds out the money is good?
(a) Karl won't criticize him any longer.
(b) Their life will be easier.
(c) Kristina will love Robert.
(d) Karl will blow it on farming.

14. What does Robert decide to do when two mules have escaped?
(a) Send Arvid after them.
(b) Tell Mario.
(c) Go after them.
(d) Go back to sleep.

15. What does Kristina notice when Robert returns to the house?
(a) He is having a difficult time hearing.
(b) He seens very depressed.
(c) He is limping.
(d) He no longer has Arvid's watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kristina discover under Robert's pillow?

2. How does Karl feel when he sees Robert?

3. How does Arvid die?

4. What does Robert hint about his wealth?

5. What does Robert tell Kristina about death?

(see the answer keys)

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