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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Robert's real reason for leaving Minnesota?
(a) To get away from Kristina.
(b) To be a hero.
(c) To hurt his brother.
(d) To escape all masters.

2. What does Kristina say about the money?
(a) They aren't any poorer than they were.
(b) She doesn't have an opinion.
(c) It makes no difference to the children.
(d) It's not their money anyway.

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

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

5. How does Karl feel when he sees Robert?
(a) Angry.
(b) Curious.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Relieved he is home.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Robert do when he leaves the house after he and Karl fight?
(a) Goes to talk.
(b) Takes a walk.
(c) Goes hunting.
(d) Goes and plays with the children.

13. What does Robert ask Karl?
(a) That Karl help him return to Sweden.
(b) That Karl leave him in peace.
(c) That Karl bury him in the new cemetery.
(d) That Karl buy Kristina something nice.

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

15. What does Kristina think about the money?
(a) They can use it to return to Sweden.
(b) It should be burned.
(c) Karl should give it back to Robert.
(d) How much it could help the family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Robert's ear begin to do in St. Louis?

3. What is Robert able to do in St. Louis that Arvid cannot?

4. What was the building Robert goes to in Grand City?

5. What is wrong with Mario?

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