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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. What is the secret that Anders has been keeping?
(a) He is a drunk.
(b) He used to be a minister.
(c) He left his wife and children.
(d) He is an ex-convict.

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

3. Why is the Indian in the tree?
(a) He is a runaway.
(b) He is dead and secured there until the ground thaws for burial.
(c) He is a lookout.
(d) He has a good vantage point for hunting.

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

5. What did Karl bring with him from Sweden which he realizes now will be very helpful?
(a) Fishing supplies.
(b) Seed corn.
(c) Maps.
(d) Elderberry bushes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karl produce and sell to some of his neighbors?

2. Because of the shock of the intruders in #109, Kristina goes into labor ___________ weeks early.

3. What name is given to the new baby?

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

5. When do Samuel Nojd and Swedish Anna come to visit Karl and Kristina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What differing opinions do Karl, Kristina and Robert each have about Indians?

2. What precautions does Karl take for the family after Robert's experience with the Indian in the woods?

3. Explain why money is such a source of tension between Karl and Kristina.

4. Why can't Karl pick up the letter that has arrived from Sweden?

5. Why is the table that Karl builds such a significant element for the home?

6. What is Robert's plan for his future?

7. Why will Karl not allow Kristina borrow the money to pick up the letter from Sweden?

8. When does Robert decide to leave Minnesota and what does he tell Karl about it?

9. Explain how Karl and Robert are very much alike even though they do not think so.

10. Why is Kristina so melancholy as she unpacks the trunk?

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