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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 Karl think he should have done with the turnip ditch?
(a) Dug it in the eastern side of the field.
(b) Dug it deeper.
(c) Dug several layers.
(d) Provided ventilation.

2. For what was Danjel Andreasson exiled from Sweden?
(a) He was not exiled.
(b) His race.
(c) His religious beliefs.
(d) His political views.

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

4. What does Ulrika tell Kristina she is going to do?
(a) Send her children to public schools.
(b) Divorce Henry.
(c) Name her son Karl.
(d) Have a party at her house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kristina like Erland Torner?

2. What does Petrus admonish Karl and Kristina about as he is leaving?

3. What does Petrus tell Kristina about Ulrika?

4. What does Karl think would increase his harvest?

5. Who does Kristina talk to who is as homesick as she is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Kristina that makes her worry and wonder how Karl will react?

2. What does Kristina name her new baby girl and why?

3. What happens when Kristina asks Erland to provide sacrament for her family?

4. What does Kristina ask her uncle, Danjel, about, what is his response and what does she do about his response?

5. Why is Kristina better able to take care of her family?

6. How does Robert end up with the four thousand dollars he gave Karl?

7. How does Robert die and what does Karl do about Robert's death?

8. What does Karl write in his letter to his parents?

9. What does Kristina find under Robert's pillow and what does Karl say when she shows him it?

10. How did Robert and Arvid get to St. Louis and what do they find out about where they are headed?

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