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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kristina sometimes feel disappointed about when she wakes in the morning?
(a) She is not able to cook the big breakfasts like they had in the old country.
(b) She is not pregnant.
(c) She is in America.
(d) She has to get up and start the day.

2. What does Karl continue to track over the years?
(a) His children's growth.
(b) His yearly taxes.
(c) His yearly harvests.
(d) His brother's whereabouts.

3. Why is Karl irked?
(a) Having Petrus comment on every aspect of their lives.
(b) That Petrus calls his best friend a fool.
(c) That Petrus calls his brother a fool.
(d) That Petrus asks about their family plans.

4. Why is Karl going to Taylor Falls?
(a) To purchase a new plow.
(b) To buy spring seeds.
(c) To have his millet ground.
(d) To have his grain milled.

5. What does Kristina wonder about the Swedes who continue to settle the land around them?
(a) Why they travel to that remote area to settle.
(b) Why they have so many children.
(c) Why they do not build a church.
(d) Why they want to be farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose scriptural interpretations does Kristina sometimes question?

2. What has Karl planted for use in the future for clothing?

3. To whom does Karl write a letter at the end of Chapter 11?

4. Who is Petrus Olausson?

5. What does Petrus tell Kristina about Ulrika?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Robert do when the two brothers argue about Robert, saying he is wealthy now?

2. What does Karl tell Kristina after Persson comes to dinner and what does the church warden in Sweden have to do with America?

3. Why does Kristina take note of Njord at Ulrika's party?

4. Why does Karl get an ox and how does he get one?

5. Who is Kristina's best friend, where does she live and what does Kristina decide to do concerning her friend?

6. What does Karl tell Kristina he won't ask Robert and what happens anyway?

7. How do Robert and Arvid set off for California from St. Louis?

8. What does Karl get Kristina for Christmas, where did he find it and how did he get it set up on Christmas morning?

9. How does Karl react when Robert responds to Karl's accusations and what does Robert do in response?

10. How does Kristina feel when she realizes she is pregnant again, how many children has she had and what has happened to the two who died?

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