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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When does Petrus get upset when he visits Kristina?
2. What does Kristina wonder about the Swedes who continue to settle the land around them?
3. Where is Karl's house located?
4. What fruit does Kristina have for dinner?
5. Why does Kristina like Erland Torner?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who arrives in Center City to open a general store and how does it go for him? How do the women feel about him?
2. What does Robert tell Kristina about death and predestination?
3. How do Robert and Arvid get trapped in the desert?
4. What happens with Johan and why when a storm hits when Karl and Johan are on the road?
5. When did Karl get back from Stillwater in Wildcat Riches and what does he tell Kristina when he gets home?
6. How does Robert get money from Mario and what does he do immediately after Mario's death?
7. What does Karl tell Petrus about Karl's brother, Robert?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. How does Robert show up at home?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Kristina's attempts at planting a flower garden fail she thinks she may as well give up on trying. Kristina wasn't looking for flowers for the sake of their beauty as much as she was seeking to plant some flowers that would be the same as she had in Sweden. She takes her inability to make it happen as a sign that she cannot move the things she loved from Sweden to America. This is a continuation Kristina's effort to cling to the life she had in Sweden.
1. How do you think always looking to the past affects one's enjoyment of the present? Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
2. Discuss the symbolism in Kristina attempting to plant the flower garden and it not working. Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
3. In what ways do you think Kristina feels like giving up and not trying? Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
After Petrus and his wife insist that Kristina break off her friendship with Ulrika, Kristina and Karl and both angry. Karl's anger is at least in part because he does not like the fact that Petrus is bossy and domineering. While Karl has been willing to listen to Petrus's advice, he doesn't like the fact that every comment from Petrus seems like an order.
1. Why do you think Kristina and Karl are angry and do you think they should be angry? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
2. There are many bossy and domineering people in life. What do you think are the character traits that might make a person bossy and domineering? Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
3. There is a saying to never give advice unless you are asked for it, and sometimes even then, don't give it. Do you think this is a wise saying? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The reader learns that Robert had been fleeing a life in which he was subservient to others. This seems more in keeping with his personality than do Robert's claims that he wanted to seek his fortune in California. Robert also does not seem to want to work hard.
1. How would Robert's personality possible be the type of personality of very good entrepreneurs? Discuss the character or personality traits with the types of skills an entrepreneur might need. Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
2. Discuss why a person like Robert might be called an under-achiever. Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
3. What kinds of work do you think a person like Robert might do in the present time? Why would you chose those types of work? Use examples from the text and your own knowledge to support your answer.
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