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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 does Karl decide to send to his home parish during the famine?
(a) A load of corn.
(b) A load of peanuts.
(c) A load of wheat.
(d) A load of soybeans.

2. What seems to serve as a symbol of the Sioux's uprising in the La Croix Valley?
(a) The black clouds.
(b) The Indian cliff.
(c) The La Croix River.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

3. What is the name of Karl's home parish?
(a) Hassleholm.
(b) Karlstad.
(c) Varberg.
(d) Ljuder.

4. Karl will never forgive God for ____________________.
(a) the Civil War.
(b) taking Kristina from him.
(c) his leg injury.
(d) the Sioux Indian war.

5. Where do the Sioux Indians kill Sven and Danjel?
(a) In their beds.
(b) On the road.
(c) In the field.
(d) By the creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the battle where U.S. soldiers fight the Sioux Indians on August 18, 1862?

2. Karl's home parish is suffering its worst crop failure in __________________.

3. How many white settlers are left homeless from the Sioux Indian war?

4. Why do the Sioux Indians begin killing white settlers?

5. What do the condemned Sioux Indians do on the way to the gallows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Indian cliff take on a more threatening presence as the Indian attacks increase?

2. What does Karl feel about Marta's marrying Klas Albert, and what does Karl ask for in exchange for Marta?

3. How does Karl behave in the years after Kristina's death?

4. Who is William J. Sturgis, and what heroic act did he perform in the duty of warning settlers about the Indian attacks?

5. What things does Karl tell Lydia in last letter to her?

6. Why does Karl not evacuate to town when the other settlers are doing so?

7. Why does Karl decide to send wheat back to Sweden and why does he send his best crop?

8. How does Ulrika reveal to Karl that she donated the bridal crown to the village church?

9. What food does Karl give to Kristina and how does Karl know that Kristina is dead?

10. What is the toll on the settlers during the Sioux Indian war?

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