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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. What is the name of Kjersti's cow?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Patches.
(c) Honey.
(d) Brindlesides.

2. What does Beret trip over as she leaves the house after a fight with Per Hansa, at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) A child's toy.
(b) The cow.
(c) Her own shoe.
(d) A plow.

3. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Building a sod house.
(b) Talking to a friend.
(c) Plowing his fields.
(d) Sleeping.

4. Why does Per Hansa leave the camp in the middle of the night in Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) To try to figure out where they are.
(b) To search for food.
(c) To escape from the family.
(d) To get help for his sick child.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Per Hansa's purpose for buying the twine and knitting a net?

3. Where does Per Hansa plan on getting wood for the roof of his house?

4. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Tonseten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Beret's demeanor after she gives birth to Peder Seier?

2. 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?

3. Who goes to look for the cattle? What happens when this character returns?

4. What does the woman who has been tied in the back of the wagon do while she is at Per Hansa's house?

5. What does Per Hansa notice about his wife in Book 1, Chapter 6? What does he think causes it and what does he try to do about it?

6. What do the settlers discuss changing their names to? What name does Per refuse and what name does he decide would be a good name for his family?

7. What do Hans Olsa, Tonseten and Harry Solum bring back from their trip to town? What is the atmosphere of the settlement when the men return?

8. What business proposition does Torkel Tallaksen present to Per Hansa? What is Per Hansa's response?

9. How does the first group of visitors, strangers passing through on their way to settle further west, to the Spring Creek Settlement affect the settlers of Spring Creek?

10. Describe what is happening when the locusts come to the settlement. What is the reaction of the settlers?

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