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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20 through 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some of the people who have come to America have _________________ motives.
(a) financial.
(b) political.
(c) religious.
(d) adventurous.

2. What happens to Karl on the way home from town?
(a) He gets lost in the snow.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He is attacked by Indians.
(d) He meets some new neighbors.

3. Which one of Karl and Kristina's children died while they were still in Sweden?
(a) Anna.
(b) Merit.
(c) Naima.
(d) Gunilla.

4. What do the travelers realize as they pass over the prairie?
(a) They have made a mistake.
(b) They will need equipment to plow.
(c) They will never return to Sweden.
(d) They love this new land.

5. Anders tells the men that they may have to dig as deep as __________ feet if they want a well for their water supply.
(a) 25.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the agitated Robert tell Karl when he returns home?

2. What does Robert study in preparation for the farmers' new lives in America?

3. Anders is infatuated with which woman?

4. Which insect does Anders tell the men can be a big problem for farmers?

5. What impediment does Robert suffer from?

(see the answer key)

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