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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. Who has now proposed to Ulrika?
(a) Sven Andersson.
(b) Samuel Nojd.
(c) Lars Nyberg.
(d) John Johanssen.
2. When do Samuel Nojd and Swedish Anna come to visit Karl and Kristina?
(a) New Year's.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.
3. 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.
4. What happens to Karl on the way home from town?
(a) He gets lost in the snow.
(b) He is attacked by Indians.
(c) He meets some new neighbors.
(d) He passes out.
5. Karl had only enough money to build their house or buy _______________.
(a) new coats.
(b) a cow.
(c) furniture.
(d) a plow.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who has proposed to Ulrika?
2. When it snows, Karl makes a rope of ________________ to tie between the house and the shed.
3. What does Karl cut and stack to use at a later time?
4. Which piece of furniture is Karl especially proud of making?
5. What does Karl believe about the Indians?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does Robert decide to leave Minnesota and what does he tell Karl about it?
2. Describe some of the challenges that Kristina has in keeping house and caring for her family at the new homestead.
3. Why is Kristina so melancholy as she unpacks the trunk?
4. Describe Robert's harried hunting trip when he spies an Indian in a tree.
5. Who loans Karl a cow for the winter, and why is the loan such a blessing to the family?
6. What advice does Robert give Arvid regarding his commitment to Danjel?
7. Explain how Karl and Robert are very much alike even though they do not think so.
8. How does Karl get the money to pick up the letter from Sweden?
9. What is the irony of all the fodder that Karl has available to him now?
10. How does Robert convince Karl that he can take care of himself?
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