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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5 Facing the Great Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the settlers wait for Per Hansa to return from searching for the cows?
(a) At Hans Olsa's house.
(b) At Henry Solum's house.
(c) By the creek.
(d) At Beret's house.

2. Who, in Book 1, Chapter 4, says, "We need a preacher, I hear...Well, now we've got one!"?
(a) Per Hansa.
(b) Beret.
(c) Henry Solum.
(d) Tonseten.

3. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?
(a) Ola.
(b) Per Hansa.
(c) Beret.
(d) Store-Hans.

4. What is Tonseten's problem with Per Hansa's house as he is building it?
(a) He thinks it is too big.
(b) He thinks it won't stand up to the wind.
(c) He thinks it is too small.
(d) He thinks the walls are crooked.

5. Why do the members of the large caravan, who had decided to settle close to Spring Creek, come to Per Hansa's farm?
(a) To demand he leave the settlement.
(b) To borrow farming equipment.
(c) To sell some whiskey.
(d) To buy potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tonseten tell the new Norwegian settlers that they can find wood?

2. Who helps Per Hansa clean the sick Indian's injury?

3. What is the name of Hans Olsa's daughter?

4. Why does Per Hans walk so far ahead of the caravan?

5. Who says, "The guilty will receive their punishment in the end"?

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