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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. Which of the following does NOT describe the physical appearance of Per Hansa?
(a) Stocky.
(b) Lanky.
(c) Broad-shouldered.
(d) Brown hair.

2. What place does Per Hansa hope to find when he leaves the camp in the middle of the night?
(a) The city of Jackson.
(b) An Indian village.
(c) The Dakota Territory.
(d) Split Rock Creek.

3. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?
(a) A sack of flour.
(b) A pony.
(c) A tobacco pipe.
(d) A cowhide.

4. 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 chop wood.
(d) To feed the horse.

5. How old is Hans Olsa's daughter?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?

2. What chore does Per Hansa give to Ole while he is away at town?

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

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

5. Who is the first to notice that the cows have gone missing after the men arrive home from town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Hansa family.

2. Why is Per Hansa left behind when the other men travel to town? How does he react to this?

3. What happens to the Irish frontiersmen after their fight with the settlers of Spring Creek over the land?

4. What do the settlers do to try to help Hans Olsa when he is on his death bed?

5. Describe Per Hansa's interaction with the Indians in Book 1, Chapter 3. Why do you think he is so concerned about the ailing chief?

6. Describe the weather in Book 1, Chapter 6. How does Beret feel about the whitewashing? What does it have to do with the weather?

7. What happens to the cows of the settlement toward the end of Book 1, Chapter 3? What is the reaction of the settlers?

8. How do the men convince the Solum boys to stay in Spring Creek for the winter?

9. In Book 1, Chapter 5, a group of settlers comes upon the Spring Creek settlement and, as Per Hansa and the other men are gone, it is left to Tonseten to greet them. What is their nationality? What is Tonseten's reaction to them and why?

10. What happens to the rest of the party that the Hansa family was traveling with?

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