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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 through 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karl cut and stack to use at a later time?
(a) Hay.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Wood.

2. What does the family use as a dining table in their shanty?
(a) The chest.
(b) A stretched quilt.
(c) A tree stump.
(d) A plank of wood.

3. Why does Danjel think his child died?
(a) Because he was angry with God.
(b) To give him one less mouth to feed.
(c) So she could be with her dead mother.
(d) So Danjel would move his devotion back to God.

4. The members of the group fear that the final leg of the trip will be too strenuous for ________________.
(a) Kristina.
(b) Ana.
(c) Ulrikas.
(d) Fina-Kajsa.

5. Robert hopes to earn enough money to find a doctor to help with ________________________.
(a) swollen joints.
(b) painful back.
(c) skin lesions.
(d) a hearing problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anna Johansdotter's nickname?

2. Where is the missing child in #36 found?

3. Why are the children disappointed when Karl returns to the ship?

4. Who is Karl's younger brother who is also on the trip?

5. Which of the following does Karl NOT focus on when writing a letter to his parents?

(see the answer key)

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