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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Karl tell Kristina he will not do?
(a) Demand Robert tell them where Arvid is.
(b) Let Robert stay with them.
(c) Allow the children to be around Robert alone.
(d) Ask Robert about his luck in the gold fields.

3. What did Robert's ear begin to do in St. Louis?
(a) Talking to him.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Leaking a foul-smelling fluid.
(d) Being swollen and painful.

4. What are Robert and Arvid told about the road to California when they arrive in St. Louis?
(a) It has been blocked off by a landslide.
(b) It is a fairly easy trip.
(c) It is too close to winter to go.
(d) It is a very dangerous road due to bandits.

5. How did Arvid and Robert pay for their steamship passage?
(a) Working as deck hands.
(b) Working in the broiler room.
(c) Washing dishes and helping in the kitchen.
(d) Working as cabin stewards.

6. What does Robert think while he is soaking his feet?
(a) He was ripped off in Grand City.
(b) Kristina hates him.
(c) He wishes he'd never left Sweden.
(d) He is back in Sweden.

7. What is wrong with Mario?
(a) Liver disease.
(b) Sun stroke.
(c) Old age.
(d) Yellow fever.

8. What kind of things would Karl like to use the cash to buy?
(a) A new house.
(b) Clothes for the family.
(c) Oxen and farm implements.
(d) A trip back to Sweden.

9. 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.

10. Where is Karl when Robert walks up to him when Robert first comes home?
(a) Working in the field.
(b) In his home with Kristina.
(c) Working on the school house.
(d) At the general store.

11. What was the building Robert goes to in Grand City?
(a) A brothel.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A tavern.

12. How does Robert feel when he gets back to Mario's camp?
(a) Enthusiastic about going to California.
(b) Very lucky.
(c) Happy.
(d) Empty, with no desire for life.

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

14. Why was Karl late returning from Stillwater?
(a) He ran into some friends from Sweden.
(b) He was ill.
(c) He had to wait for the bank to check on his question about the money.
(d) He had trouble with the ox cart.

15. What does Robert give the children?
(a) Small presents.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Coins.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the bank in Stillwater tell Karl about Robert's money?

2. How did Robert get to Grand City?

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

4. What does Mario give Robert?

5. What does Robert tell Kristina about death?

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