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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why will Karl not borrow the money to redeem the letter?
(a) He is afraid of what the letter might say.
(b) He does borrow the money.
(c) He is too embarrassed.
(d) He thinks it is an unfair charge.

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

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

4. What does Danjel tell Arvid when Arvid says he is leaving for California?
(a) He has his blessing.
(b) He hopes he gets rich from all the gold.
(c) He does not want him to go because he needs the help.
(d) He will never make it there alive.

5. What does Karl cut and stack to use at a later time?
(a) Wood.
(b) Hay.
(c) Bricks.
(d) Sunflowers.

6. What does the traveler buy from Karl?
(a) Milk.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Rifle.
(d) Fodder.

7. When does Robert plan to tell Karl that Robert is leaving?
(a) The day of his departure.
(b) The day before his departure.
(c) He'll send a telegram after he's gone.
(d) A month before he leaves.

8. What business also serves as a post office in town?
(a) The church.
(b) The feed story.
(c) The blacksmith shop.
(d) A small store.

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

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

11. What does Johan bring home one day that indicates the approach of spring?
(a) A flower.
(b) A bird's egg.
(c) A baby bunny.
(d) A toad.

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

13. What does Kristina ask Karl to buy but he does not have enough money?
(a) A bed.
(b) A stove.
(c) Dishes.
(d) A cow.

14. 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 look more attractive to the young women.
(d) To keep it out of his eyes while working.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will christen the new baby?

2. What did Karl bring with him from Sweden which he realizes now will be very helpful?

3. Why is the Indian in the tree?

4. What does Robert see in a tree that frightens him?

5. Who had paid for the passage of the man in #125 to America?

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