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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Per Hansa clean the sick Indian's injury?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Ole.
(c) Beret.
(d) Store-Hans.

2. What does Hans Olsa tell Per Hansa he has lost on his journey to their new home?
(a) A pair of pants.
(b) A mutton leg.
(c) A horse.
(d) Cooking supplies.

3. What is the name of the Hansa's cow?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Helga.
(c) Anna.
(d) Daisy.

4. What is the name of Tonseten's wife?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Kirsten.
(c) Alana.
(d) Freya.

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

6. Where does Per Hansa tell Hans Olsa he will go to look for the cows?
(a) To the creek.
(b) To Sioux Falls.
(c) To the Indian settlement.
(d) To the Sioux River.

7. Who says, "The guilty will receive their punishment in the end"?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Beret.
(c) Per Hansa.
(d) Sam Solum.

8. What task does Per Hansa give to Ola when he returns from town in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) To hunt for bears.
(b) To knit the net.
(c) To feed the horse.
(d) To chop wood.

9. Where does the journey of the Hansa family begin?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Illinois.

10. What does Per Hansa ask the Indians for?
(a) Food.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Horses.
(d) Whiskey.

11. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Ola.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Beret.

12. Which of the following is NOT one of the Hansa children?
(a) Beret.
(b) Ola.
(c) And-Ongen.
(d) Hans Kristian.

13. Who gets into a physical fight with one of the men from the large caravan?
(a) Hans Olsa.
(b) Henry Solum.
(c) Sam Solum.
(d) Per Hansa.

14. How many wagons are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the boys tell Per Hansa that the red welts on their bodies came from?

2. Who, in Book 1, Chapter 4, says, "We need a preacher, I hear...Well, now we've got one!"?

3. What does Per Hansa do after he finds the stakes in the ground?

4. What is the first crop that Per Hansa wants to plant on his land?

5. Who does Per Hansa send down to the creek to look for the missing cows?

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