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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the steamboat captain warn the passengers to not stay in the area where they disembark?
(a) There is a blizzard coming.
(b) There has been cholera in the area.
(c) They need to hurry to claim their land.
(d) There have been Indian attacks in the area.

2. Who is the oldest person in the group of farmers?
(a) Robert Bjork.
(b) Lars Nyberg.
(c) Arvid Bremer.
(d) Jonas Petters.

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

4. What type of animal helps himself to the group's food one night but is not identifiable by the group?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Raccoon.
(c) Possum.
(d) Bear.

5. Why are the children disappointed when Karl returns to the ship?
(a) He does not have any milk.
(b) He does not have any blankets.
(c) He could not find any books.
(d) He did not buy any candy.

6. The passengers take up a collection for ______________________.
(a) food.
(b) fresh water.
(c) the family of the man who drowned.
(d) the captain.

7. Which insect does Anders tell the men can be a big problem for farmers?
(a) Ants.
(b) Grasshoppers.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Flies.

8. How many children does Danjel have?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

9. Karl finds the land he wants by a lake called ____________________.
(a) Lakota.
(b) Ki-Chi-Saga.
(c) Big Eagle.
(d) Potowatomee.

10. Kristina is glad that her family in Sweden cannot see __________________.
(a) how poor they are.
(b) how little their house is.
(c) how Karl is mean to her.
(d) how homesick she is.

11. What does Karl go in search of when the boat docks one day to take on wood?
(a) Books.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Food and milk.
(d) Blankets.

12. What city does the group arrive at in Chapter 7?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Albany.

13. What does Fina-Kajas ask her son when she sees him?
(a) Why he has grown a beard.
(b) Why his face is so red.
(c) Why he never wrote letters.
(d) Why he never sent any money.

14. What does Robert plan to not buy?
(a) Seed corn.
(b) A tractor.
(c) Too many possessions.
(d) A house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ulrika is known as ______________________.

2. What is the name of the steamboat which takes the group to Albany?

3. Who is the neighbor of the man in #65?

4. Why is Ulrika angry with Karl?

5. The group's late arrival in America means that they _______________________.

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