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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Karl go when he leaves the house?
(a) To find Johan.
(b) To work on the school house.
(c) To the north field.
(d) Into town.

2. What did the building in Grand City used to be?
(a) A potato cellar and a jail.
(b) A vegetable market.
(c) A hotel and a bank.
(d) A wagoneer owned it.

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

4. How is Robert dressed when Karl sees him?
(a) Very well.
(b) Normal for him.
(c) He has a cavalry uniform on.
(d) Shabbily.

5. What does Robert say is the only way to achieve peace?
(a) To ignore everything.
(b) Acceptance of all that happens.
(c) To not want anything.
(d) To fight no matter what the odds are.

6. What does Robert's face look like?
(a) Clean shaven and handsome.
(b) It has really bad burn scars on it.
(c) Sunken and scabby.
(d) The same as when he left.

7. Why does Kristina ask Robert if his ear is bothering him?
(a) She can smell it when he gets near.
(b) She thinks he is almost deaf.
(c) She saw blood on his pillow.
(d) She does not ask him that, it would invaade his privacy.

8. 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.

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

10. What do they hire on to help with in Mario's train?
(a) Helping with the mules.
(b) Cooking and laundry.
(c) Hired guns.
(d) Repairing wagons.

11. What does Robert call the money he gave Karl?
(a) Death money.
(b) Blood money.
(c) Dirty money.
(d) Pocket money.

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

13. What does Mario give Robert?
(a) All of his mules.
(b) All of his possessions.
(c) His watch.
(d) A signet ring.

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

15. How did Robert get to Grand City?
(a) He went with Fredrik Mattsson.
(b) He took a locomotive.
(c) He joined another mule train.
(d) He went with Johan Lasslasson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Kristina ordered the children to do?

2. What is wrong with Mario?

3. Where do Karl and Kristina put the money?

4. What are Robert and Arvid doing when they meet Mario?

5. What was Robert's real reason for leaving Minnesota?

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