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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of Danjel's children dies on board the steamer ship?
(a) Gunilla.
(b) Eva.
(c) Mia.
(d) Hanna.
2. What city does the group arrive at in Chapter 7?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Albany.
3. What does Fina-Kajas ask her son when she sees him?
(a) Why he has grown a beard.
(b) Why he never sent any money.
(c) Why he never wrote letters.
(d) Why his face is so red.
4. Who cares for Danjel's children since Danjel's wife died?
(a) Ulrika.
(b) Mia.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Vada.
5. How far away from their final destination is the town in #61?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 500 miles.
Short Answer Questions
1. The members of the group fear that the final leg of the trip will be too strenuous for ________________.
2. To whom does Karl write a letter telling of the group's arrival in America?
3. What is the name of the ship that arrives in Chapter 1?
4. What happens to Karl when he goes ashore?
5. The people who Ulrika meets on the trip think she is a _________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. When does the group encounter Anders and why is Fina-Kajsa upset with him?
2. How does Robert's misunderstanding of the English language create a problem between Ulrika and Karl?
3. What are Robert's plans for his life in America and how does he prepare?
4. What is the nature of Danjel's personality and what examples does the author provide?
5. Why is the trip across the prairie a difficult one for the immigrants?
6. Why will Karl and Kristina not allow their children to eat the food on the ship?
7. What are two major obstacles that the immigrants must face as they leave the steamboat at Stillwater?
8. What suffers in Karl and Kristina's marriage due to Karl's ambition?
9. What is the nature of Robert's health problem and how did he sustain it?
10. What is the nature of Karl's personality and what examples does the author give?
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