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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The people who Ulrika meets on the trip think she is a _________________.
(a) widow.
(b) teacher.
(c) thief.
(d) model.

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

4. The group's late arrival in America means that they _______________________.
(a) will not have the right clothes for this season.
(b) may not be able to get a crop planted for this season.
(c) will not be able to make a land claim.
(d) cannot try to cross the mountains because of snow.

5. The members of the group think that the woman in the flowing robe on a coin must be _____________________.
(a) the president's wife.
(b) an angel.
(c) a saint.
(d) Lady Liberty.

6. Who is Kristina's uncle who is also on the trip?
(a) Lars.
(b) Merit.
(c) Strom.
(d) Danjel.

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

8. Which of the following is NOT one of Karl and Kristina's children?
(a) Lill-Marta.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Johan.
(d) Harald.

9. How far away from their final destination is the town in #61?
(a) 100 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 500 miles.

10. Kristina is pregnant with a child who will be born before __________________.
(a) Christmas.
(b) the end of Spring.
(c) the house is built.
(d) Autumn.

11. What does Kristina note about Danjel's family?
(a) They seem very sad.
(b) They do not have any food.
(c) They appear ill.
(d) Their shoes are very worn.

12. What is the name of the steamboat which takes the group to Albany?
(a) The Desperado.
(b) The Albany Frigate.
(c) The Nationalist.
(d) The Isaac Newton.

13. What is Anna Johansdotter's nickname?
(a) Anna Banana.
(b) A.J.
(c) Swedish Anna.
(d) Anna Sweden.

14. Anders is infatuated with which woman?
(a) Ulrika.
(b) Hanna.
(c) Ana.
(d) Kia.

15. What is the name of the park where the new emigrants gather?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Liberty Park.
(c) MacArthur Park.
(d) Battery Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some of the people who have come to America have _________________ motives.

2. Karl finds the land he wants by a lake called ____________________.

3. Who is Ulrika's daughter?

4. How many children do Karl Oskar and his wife, Kristina, have?

5. What is the name of the ship that will take the group almost all the way to their destination?

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