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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 say not longer rejuvenates him?
(a) Taking his wife to bed.
(b) A night's sleep.
(c) Playing with his children.
(d) Eating a large breakfast.

2. Why is Johan incoherent?
(a) Fever.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) He was hit in the head at the mill.
(d) Hypothermia.

3. What does Petrus do before eating?
(a) Washes up.
(b) Offers to let one of the children sit on his lap.
(c) Sings.
(d) Prays.

4. What does Thomassen ask of Kristina?
(a) That she cook a Swedish dish for him.
(b) That she have an affair with him.
(c) That she sew his torn work clothes.
(d) That she come to visit him sometime.

5. What does Ulrika think when she has a daughter?
(a) That she will look just like her.
(b) That God gave her a girl because she has sinned.
(c) That Henry will be pleased.
(d) That a girl child is easier than a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Kristina give birth to her girl?

2. What does Karl discover about the turnips that he goes to get?

3. Why does Kristina cry out when she sees Johan?

4. For what was Danjel Andreasson exiled from Sweden?

5. Why do the people meeting in Petrus' barn set aside a piece of land?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Robert go when he leaves the house and what does he imagine for a while?

2. Why does Karl take out the money Robert gave him and what does he think when he is looking at it?

3. What do Robert and Arvid find out about heading to California from St. Louis when they arrive, and what do they do in St. Louis?

4. How do the children react to their Uncle Robert?

5. How does Arvid die?

6. What does Kristina name her new baby girl and why?

7. Who does Karl meet in the forest and what does he do after he meets the man?

8. How does Robert die and what does Karl do about Robert's death?

9. What does Karl tell Petrus about Karl's brother, Robert?

10. What happens when Kristina decides to plant flowers one day?

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