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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. Who is the only person in the settlement who seems upset about what Per Hansa did with the stakes?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Beret.
(d) Sorine.

2. Who is Per Hansa?
(a) The main family's oldest child.
(b) The main female character of the book.
(c) A shopkeeper who helps the family with supplies.
(d) The main male character of the book.

3. 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 sell some whiskey.
(b) To demand he leave the settlement.
(c) To buy potatoes.
(d) To borrow farming equipment.

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

5. Where does Per Hansa plan on getting wood for the roof of his house?
(a) Wal-mart.
(b) The Sioux River.
(c) Spring Creek.
(d) The Black Hills Forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?

2. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?

3. By what means is the Hansa family traveling?

4. Who tells Beret about the argument between the settlers of Spring Creek and the men of the large caravan?

5. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?

(see the answer key)

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