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

3. Where does Robert soak his feet?
(a) In a washbasin.
(b) In a river.
(c) In the lake.
(d) In a stream.

4. What does Kristina think about Robert's condition?
(a) She has not given it a thought.
(b) He is in fair shape.
(c) There is something seriously wrong with Robert.
(d) He looks very strong and fit.

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

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

7. What does Kristina immediately ask Robert?
(a) If he is hungry.
(b) What happened to leg.
(c) What happened to his face.
(d) If Arvid has come also.

8. 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 does not ask him that, it would invaade his privacy.
(d) She saw blood on his pillow.

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

10. 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 a bank in Stillwater.
(d) Take it to the general store.

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

12. What did the bank in Stillwater tell Karl about Robert's money?
(a) It was good.
(b) They didn't know whether it was good or not.
(c) It only had half value because the bank was defunct.
(d) It was worthless.

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

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

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