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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only piece of furniture in the shanty?
(a) A table.
(b) A chair.
(c) The chest.
(d) A bed.

2. What is the name of the closest town for Karl and Kristina?
(a) Stillwater.
(b) Hansen.
(c) Maple Grove.
(d) Deauville.

3. Kristina continues to battle ___________________.
(a) starvation.
(b) cholera.
(c) homesickness.
(d) mosquitoes.

4. When do Samuel Nojd and Swedish Anna come to visit Karl and Kristina?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Thanksgiving.

5. Why does Kristina wish she had a cat?
(a) To chase away the rats.
(b) She does not like cats.
(c) To remind her of home.
(d) For company.

6. Who does Ulrika plan to marry?
(a) Josephy Gunnellson.
(b) Henry O. Jackson.
(c) Paul Shannon.
(d) Edward P. Stanton.

7. Robert believes that the sounds he hears in the bushes is __________________.
(a) bears.
(b) elk.
(c) arrows.
(d) deer.

8. Robert believes that the Indians have a way of life ____________________.
(a) much preferable to his.
(b) which will soon be extinct.
(c) that is wholesome.
(d) that is resourceful.

9. Which of the following does Karl NOT focus on when writing a letter to his parents?
(a) Indians.
(b) Their new home.
(c) Good soil.
(d) A lake.

10. What does Kristina do when she thinks the men in #109 are going to kill her?
(a) Vomits.
(b) Faints.
(c) Thrashes out.
(d) Cries.

11. What job does Elin get in town?
(a) A maid.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A seamstress.
(d) A cook.

12. Because of the shock of the intruders in #109, Kristina goes into labor ___________ weeks early.
(a) four.
(b) five.
(c) two.
(d) three.

13. What does the agitated Robert tell Karl when he returns home?
(a) He shot an elk.
(b) He is injured.
(c) He shot an Indian.
(d) He is moving away.

14. What does Kristina cut up to make diapers and clothing for her new baby?
(a) Tablecloth.
(b) Cheesecloth.
(c) Curtains.
(d) Her bridal petticoat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family use as a dining table in their shanty?

2. What is Ulrika going to do as soon as the weather is warm enough?

3. Who gives Johan the first coin that is his alone?

4. Who has now proposed to Ulrika?

5. Ulrika has also turned down a marriage proposal from a ______________ man in town.

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