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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. Why is the Indian in the tree?
(a) He is dead and secured there until the ground thaws for burial.
(b) He is a lookout.
(c) He is a runaway.
(d) He has a good vantage point for hunting.

2. Who had paid for the passage of the man in #125 to America?
(a) Lindberg.
(b) Danjel.
(c) Nels.
(d) Karl.

3. What name is given to the new baby?
(a) Sven Oskar Danjel.
(b) Erik Robert Danjel.
(c) Nils Oskar Danjel.
(d) Lars Karl Danjel.

4. At whose house does Karl stop on the way home from the post office?
(a) Danjel's.
(b) Anders.
(c) Charles'.
(d) Lindberg's.

5. What does Karl notice about the man in #162 when he stops at his house?
(a) He is in a coma.
(b) He is praying.
(c) He has cholera.
(d) He is drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kristina cut up to make diapers and clothing for her new baby?

2. Which of Robert's Swedish friends made the trip with him to America?

3. What does Kristina do when she thinks the men in #109 are going to kill her?

4. What is the secret that Anders has been keeping?

5. What happens to Karl on the way home from town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe some of the challenges that Kristina has in keeping house and caring for her family at the new homestead.

2. What is Robert's plan for departing California and why does Arvid hesitate to go with him at first?

3. Why does Kristina seem to have more tolerance for Ulrika than Karl does?

4. Why is Kristina so melancholy as she unpacks the trunk?

5. What news does Karl share in a letter to his parents?

6. How does Karl get the money to pick up the letter from Sweden?

7. What challenges does Kristina face in feeding her family at their new homestead?

8. What is the irony of all the fodder that Karl has available to him now?

9. Explain how Karl and Robert are very much alike even though they do not think so.

10. How does Karl learn what Anders' secret is?

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