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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the bank in Stillwater tell Karl about Robert's money?
(a) They didn't know whether it was good or not.
(b) It was good.
(c) It was worthless.
(d) It only had half value because the bank was defunct.
2. What does Robert tell Kristina about his life?
(a) It has no meaning.
(b) It has been interesting.
(c) He thinks it was all predestined.
(d) It is worse than dying.
3. What is Robert able to do in St. Louis that Arvid cannot?
(a) Communicate in English.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Con a boarding house mistress into letting them stay for free.
(d) Find a girlfriend.
4. What does Robert call the money he gave Karl?
(a) Blood money.
(b) Dirty money.
(c) Pocket money.
(d) Death money.
5. What does Robert say to Karl after their fight?
(a) He thinks Karl is greedy.
(b) He can't stay there.
(c) He has no where to go.
(d) He's sorry to upset Kristina.
6. What does Karl say he will do with the money the next week?
(a) Give it back to Robert.
(b) Take it to a bank in Stillwater.
(c) Take it to the general store.
(d) Take it to the sheriff to see if it is stolen.
7. What does Kristina discover under Robert's pillow?
(a) A wanted poster with Robert's name on it.
(b) Robert's diary.
(c) Arvid's watch.
(d) A stack of gold coins.
8. What surprises Robert when he wakes while soaking his feet?
(a) Karl is siting next to him.
(b) He no longer hears the buzzing of his bad ear.
(c) A storm is moving into the area.
(d) Kristina has found him.
9. How did Robert get out of the desert?
(a) Mario found him.
(b) Another mule train came along.
(c) Some Apaches found him.
(d) He just walked until he found the camp.
10. What does Kristina notice when Robert returns to the house?
(a) He is having a difficult time hearing.
(b) He no longer has Arvid's watch.
(c) He seens very depressed.
(d) He is limping.
11. What does Kristina immediately ask Robert?
(a) What happened to his face.
(b) If he is hungry.
(c) What happened to leg.
(d) If Arvid has come also.
12. Where does Robert soak his feet?
(a) In a washbasin.
(b) In the lake.
(c) In a river.
(d) In a stream.
13. Why does Robert leave the house?
(a) Kristina comes into the room.
(b) He is overcome by a coughing spell.
(c) He doesn't want to talk about Arvid.
(d) He hears the children screaming.
14. What do they hire on to help with in Mario's train?
(a) Repairing wagons.
(b) Helping with the mules.
(c) Hired guns.
(d) Cooking and laundry.
15. What kind of warnings have them been in the paper about money?
(a) All money issued by a bank is good.
(b) There is a lot of worthless money floating around.
(c) The only good money is gold.
(d) The government is printing too much money.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Robert do when he leaves the house after he and Karl fight?
2. How do Robert and Arvid survive the winter?
3. What does Robert say when Karl asks him about Arvid's watch?
4. Why does Robert look different than when he left home?
5. What does Karl believe when he examines the bills that Robert gave him?
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