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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who worries about the strain of divine services on Beret?
(a) Sorine.
(b) Store-Hans.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Tonseten.

2. What is another name for Peder Seier?
(a) Permand.
(b) Seiersa.
(c) Store-Per.
(d) Hans Per.

3. What is Per Hansa clutching in his hands when they find his body?
(a) Beef jerky.
(b) Staffs.
(c) Pictures of his kids.
(d) Blankets.

4. Where is Per Hansa headed to look for the minister?
(a) Sioux Falls.
(b) The James River settlement.
(c) Worthington.
(d) The Spring Creek settlement.

5. What does the minister ask of the people of the house when he first arrives?
(a) Food to take with him on his journey.
(b) Directions to the next settlement.
(c) Lodging for himself and his horse.
(d) Firewood for his campfire.

6. Who asks Tonseten to marry a couple for which he still feels guilt over marrying?
(a) Per Hansa.
(b) Halvor Hagg.
(c) Rolf Hansen.
(d) Torkel Tallaksen.

7. What does Per Hansa consider doing while Beret is in labor?
(a) Helping with the birth.
(b) Feeding the cows.
(c) Hanging himself.
(d) Plowing the fields.

8. What does the final chapter of the book open with?
(a) A discussion of life faced by the pioneers.
(b) A discussion of Beret's illness.
(c) An argument between Kjersti and Tonseten.
(d) A hunting scene involving Per Hansa.

9. During their trip to gather more wood, what do the men do to avoid losing each other in the storm?
(a) Hunker down and camp for the night.
(b) Shout out to each other to stay close.
(c) All get into one wagon.
(d) Try to tie themselves together.

10. What day does Beret go into labor?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) New Year's.
(d) Easter.

11. What does Per Hansa do after he returns home from the Hallings?
(a) Gets sick.
(b) Plants potatoes.
(c) Feeds the cows.
(d) Whitewashes the walls.

12. How much money does Per make buying and selling furs the first year?
(a) 210 dollars.
(b) 140 dollars.
(c) 85 dollars.
(d) 50 dollars.

13. What does the woman who was tied up when she came to Spring Creek try to do in the middle of the night?
(a) She tries to steal Per Hansa's gun.
(b) She runs away with Hans Olsa.
(c) She tries to steal And-Ongen.
(d) She tries to burn the sod house down.

14. Where does Hans Olsa decide to spend the night so that he doesn't get lost in the snowstorm in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Down by Spring Creek.
(b) In the shed with the cattle.
(c) With Tonseten.
(d) At Per Hansa's house.

15. What does the minister think about Peder Seier's name?
(a) It is a bad name.
(b) It is a blasphemous name.
(c) It is a silly name.
(d) It is a glorious name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the minister say his communion Sunday sermon teaches?

2. In what years does the winter snow fall from mid-October to mid-April?

3. A couple arrives at Spring Creek and the woman is tied up in the wagon. What has happened to them?

4. What strange dream does Beret have before it actually happens?

5. What day is it when Ola and Store-Hans come to tell their father that the seeds have sprouted?

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