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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Karl spend most of his time doing?
(a) Making new friends.
(b) Plowing the field.
(c) Building the house.
(d) Cutting down trees.

3. What name is given to the new baby?
(a) Sven Oskar Danjel.
(b) Lars Karl Danjel.
(c) Erik Robert Danjel.
(d) Nils Oskar Danjel.

4. Which of Robert's Swedish friends made the trip with him to America?
(a) Petter.
(b) Nils.
(c) Arvid.
(d) Sven.

5. Karl had only enough money to build their house or buy _______________.
(a) a plow.
(b) a cow.
(c) furniture.
(d) new coats.

6. Kristina uses a concoction of rabbit fat and _____________ to wash the skunk smell out of Johan's clothes.
(a) water.
(b) leaves.
(c) sand.
(d) ashes.

7. How much does the man pay for the item in #169?
(a) Fifteen cents.
(b) Three dollars.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) Seven dollars.

8. What does Kanjel name his new farm?
(a) New Varmlands.
(b) New Karragarde.
(c) New Stockholm.
(d) New Lindsborg.

9. Why can Karl not pick up the letter which is waiting for him at the post office?
(a) He does not have the fifteen cents postage due.
(b) The post office is closed.
(c) He cannot sign his name in English.
(d) He can't make it through all the snow.

10. What does the person in #112 suggest might be the reason for Kristina's early labor?
(a) There was a full moon the night before.
(b) She may be having twins.
(c) Her body has not adjusted to the new time zone.
(d) She has been doing a lot of physical labor.

11. Who was Karl and Kristina's daughter who died when they were in Sweden?
(a) Anna.
(b) Uma.
(c) Inger.
(d) Pia.

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

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

14. Who does Karl tell Kristina that the letter is from?
(a) Kristina's mother.
(b) Robert.
(c) He does not know.
(d) Karl's father.

15. What does Anders loan to Karl and Kristina for the winter?
(a) Coats.
(b) A cow.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robert is secretly making plans to go to _____________ to live.

2. Who will christen the new baby?

3. At whose house does Karl stop on the way home from the post office?

4. What is the only piece of furniture in the shanty?

5. How much money does Johan receive in #167?

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