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

2. What is Kristina cooking for dinner?
(a) Bean soup.
(b) Lentil stew.
(c) Fish soup.
(d) Meat stew.

3. About what does Petrus start talking?
(a) About the crops he is planting at home.
(b) That Karl should have buried the turnips in a shallower ditch.
(c) About the death of his only child to diphtheria.
(d) That Petrus' wife is expecting their first child.

4. What does Kristina begin cooking?
(a) Fish fillets.
(b) Waffles.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Fried tomatoes.

5. What has Karl built for the second time for his family?
(a) A new barn.
(b) A new house.
(c) A set of stairs.
(d) A new carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ulrika Jackson live?

2. With whom did Ulrika travel to America?

3. Who is Arvid?

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

5. What does Karl think he should have done with the turnip ditch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Ulrika plan to do to present her baby when it is born?

6. How does Kristina relate her worry to God?

7. 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?

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

9. What does Ulrika say to Kristina about the way she works and how does Kristina respond?

10. What happens in front of the house when Karl arrives home with his new friend, and what is Karl's explanation about the incident?

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