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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 possible reason that Karl and Kristina are not attacked by the Sioux Indians?
(a) The Sioux won't bother attacking for just two people.
(b) Karl had been kind to the Indians when they needed food.
(c) Karl has not been working and the farm looks deserted.
(d) Their farm is hidden away and out of the Sioux territory.

2. What language does Karl speak most of the time now?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) Swedish.
(d) German.

3. At the wedding, Jonas Petter tells a story about what?
(a) The blizzard of '35.
(b) A surrogate father.
(c) His boyhood.
(d) The Civil War.

4. How many Sioux Indians are sentenced to death for their part in the war between the Sioux and the white settlers?
(a) 129.
(b) 72.
(c) 303.
(d) 54.

5. Karl's children call their home _____________________.
(a) New Sweden.
(b) Nilsson Valley.
(c) Nilsson Settlement.
(d) Nilsson Province.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ulrika shows Karl an article about an immigrant from Ljuder who has presented a/an _________________ to the village church.

2. Who comes to Karl's house to chastise him for his carnal appetites which ultimately killed his wife?

3. On whom does the last oak tree fall?

4. The gold promised to the Sioux Indians in 1861 finally arrives at _______________ in August of 1862.

5. Why are there so few men who can help fight against the Sioux Indians?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What occurs to exaggerate Karl's anxiety while Kristina is ill?

3. What does Karl think about the coffins he has built in his life as he builds Kristina's coffin?

4. Why is Ulrika upset at her son's choice of occupation?

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

6. What is Ulrika's true reason for giving the bridal crown to the village church?

7. What is the state of Kristina's health after three days and how does she behave that frightens Karl?

8. What are Karl's feelings about God after the death of Kristina?

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

10. What is Kristina's state of mind during her illness and why does Karl not tell her about the ringing church bells?

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