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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 Johan explain?
(a) That Dan is a wild child.
(b) That dinner is going to be late.
(c) That Kristina works more easily wearing slacks.
(d) That Kristina is mending Dan's pants.

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

3. Where is Karl's house located?
(a) Halfway up a mountain.
(b) On the shores of Lake Osaegen.
(c) On the shores of Lake Ki-Chi-Saga.
(d) On the coast of a harbor that goes out to the sea.

4. What does Karl buy from the lumber company?
(a) A two-man saw.
(b) A mule.
(c) A horse.
(d) An ox.

5. Whose scriptural interpretations does Kristina sometimes question?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Karl.
(c) Henry.
(d) Daniel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decided to try to make a fortune on gold in California?

2. What has Kristina obtained with Ulrika's help?

3. What does Petrus tell Kristina about Ulrika?

4. What does Kristina sometimes feel disappointed about when she wakes in the morning?

5. How old is Karl in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Robert and Arvid find out about heading to California from St. Louis when they arrive, and what do they do in St. Louis?

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

3. How does Arvid die?

4. Who arrives in Center City to open a general store and how does it go for him? How do the women feel about him?

5. Why does Karl take out the money Robert gave him and what does he think when he is looking at it?

6. For what is Jonas famous and what does he tell Karl?

7. Why does Kristina go to Robert's room in Chapter 18?

8. What does Karl want to do about the money and what is Kristina's opinion?

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

10. What does Karl tell Petrus about Karl's brother, Robert?

(see the answer keys)

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