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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kristina learns that Ulrika is to marry ______________________.
(a) Walter H. Abbott.
(b) Charles Meyers.
(c) Philip J. Bowdoin.
(d) Thomas Sanderson.

2. How does Kristina cook the family's meals?
(a) They eat only cold meals.
(b) The fireplace.
(c) A fire pit in the shanty.
(d) On an open fire outside.

3. Why does Robert want his hair cut as short as possible?
(a) To feel more masculine.
(b) So Indians will be less inclined to scalp him.
(c) To keep it out of his eyes while working.
(d) To look more attractive to the young women.

4. What is the profession of the man in #172?
(a) Postmaster and Storekeeper.
(b) Banker and Blacksmith.
(c) Postmaster and Blacksmith.
(d) Postmaster and Hotel Owner.

5. What do Karl and Kristina never discuss?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Sex.
(d) Money.

6. What animal is Robert able to catch without firing his gun?
(a) Deer.
(b) Possum.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Rabbit.

7. Karl finds it hard to believe that _____________ has changed from the person she was in Sweden.
(a) Ulrika.
(b) Ana.
(c) Gunilla.
(d) Mia.

8. Who does Kristina consider to christen the new baby?
(a) Henry Jackson.
(b) Nels Larsen.
(c) Samuel Johnson.
(d) Abe Witters.

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

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

11. When it snows, Karl makes a rope of ________________ to tie between the house and the shed.
(a) horsehair.
(b) twine.
(c) grapevines.
(d) linden bark.

12. Robert is secretly making plans to go to _____________ to live.
(a) Oregon.
(b) Washington.
(c) Montana.
(d) California.

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

14. Who does Kristina ask Karl to go for to help her during the birth of her child?
(a) Ana.
(b) Gunilla.
(c) Margot.
(d) Ulrika.

15. Karl tells Kristina that if she had known that she was moving to a place where her children were going to be without ______________, she would never have come.
(a) a school.
(b) toys.
(c) ample food.
(d) new clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Karl NOT focus on when writing a letter to his parents?

2. Robert believes that the sounds he hears in the bushes is __________________.

3. What does Karl carry on his back on the way back from town?

4. What religion does Ulrika feel is best for her?

5. Which of the following is NOT a piece of furniture that Karl makes during the first winter?

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