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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the guide the ship's captain locates to help Karl and the others get to their destination?
(a) Long Landberg.
(b) Jons Dahlgren.
(c) Anderson Blum.
(d) Loffe Ekstrom.

2. Where does Anders take the men?
(a) To find the land they want to homestead.
(b) To the courthouse.
(c) To the doctor's office.
(d) To church.

3. Karl is impressed that Anders has _________________.
(a) a mule.
(b) a flock of geese.
(c) a pair of horses.
(d) a team of oxen.

4. Why will Karl and Kristina not allow their children to eat the food on the ship?
(a) It is not fully cooked.
(b) It is moldy.
(c) They think it is tained.
(d) They are allergic to it.

5. What happens to a man who falls off the boat into the river?
(a) He is picked up by another boat.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is rescued by the captain.
(d) He swims to shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final destination of the group?

2. What type of animal helps himself to the group's food one night but is not identifiable by the group?

3. Karl is surprised to learn that Anders has only ____________ acres plowed in the time he has lived in America.

4. What is the name of the ship that arrives in Chapter 1?

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

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