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

2. What does the person in question #54 do about being homesick?
(a) Writes letters home every week.
(b) Talks incessantly about the homeland.
(c) Works hard to save enough money to return.
(d) Drink too much alcohol.

3. What fruit does Kristina have for dinner?
(a) Cranberries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Peaches.

4. What does Karl say about their food supply?
(a) The sometimes are short, but not too often.
(b) They have sufficient food to feed their family.
(c) They usually have a surfeit to sell at market.
(d) They are always short and the children are often hungry.

5. What does Ulrika think when she has a daughter?
(a) That she will look just like her.
(b) That a girl child is easier than a boy.
(c) That God gave her a girl because she has sinned.
(d) That Henry will be pleased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What quickly spread throughout the region?

2. Where does Karl put Johan to keep him warm?

3. What does Ulrika tell Kristina about an American husband?

4. Who arrives in the middle of the night?

5. With whom does Kristina know she will not be close friends?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Robert get to Grand City?

3. How does Ulrika feel about having a baby girl?

4. What does Kristina's best friend give her and what does she tell her to do with it on the way home?

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

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

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

8. What does Kristina notice about Robert?

9. How does Kristina relate her worry to God?

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

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