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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 has to get up and start the day.
(b) She is not able to cook the big breakfasts like they had in the old country.
(c) She is not pregnant.
(d) She is in America.

2. Who is Petrus Olausson?
(a) The town mayor.
(b) Karl's brother-in-law.
(c) Karl's uncle.
(d) Another man who is cutting wood.

3. When does Kristina think Robert will return to their farm?
(a) When he has made his fortune.
(b) When his first child arrives.
(c) When he is married.
(d) When he is completely destitute.

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

5. With whom does Kristina know she will not be close friends?
(a) Chloe.
(b) Ulrika.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Judit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karl buy from the lumber company?

2. With whom did Ulrika travel to America?

3. What does Karl say not longer rejuvenates him?

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

5. What quickly spread throughout the region?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is someone pounding at Kristina and Karl's door in the night and who is it?

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

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

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

5. How do Robert and Arvid get trapped in the desert?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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