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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the only person in the settlement who seems upset about what Per Hansa did with the stakes?
2. Which of the following is NOT a type of seed that Beret brought to plant in addition to the main crop?
3. Who is the first to notice that the cows have gone missing after the men arrive home from town?
4. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?
5. What is Tonseten's first name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Per Hansa's plan for his house.
2. What happens to the cows of the settlement toward the end of Book 1, Chapter 3? What is the reaction of the settlers?
3. After the locusts first come and the men finish plowing the fields, Per goes to check on Beret to see how she has fared during the attack. What does he find when he returns home and how does he react?
4. 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?
5. Why does Tonseten need to talk to the minister in private?
6. 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?
7. In Book 1, Chapter 5, what does Per Hansa discover in Worthington that so delights him? How does he come upon it and what does he decide to do?
8. Describe the Hansa family's caravan.
9. How does Henry Solum's teach school in the settlement?
10. Who has a problem with Per Hansa's house? Why? What does this character do when Per Hansa ignores his advice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the community of Spring Creek grows over time. Do you think that this is typical of pioneer communities of the time? How were the settlers of Spring Creek so successful when other men and women of the pioneer were not? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the style of the novel. Include in your discussion the importance of the title of the chapters, the pacing of the novel, the way the themes are used, and other style elements involved. Provide examples of the author's style and discuss whether the style is effective in this type of novel.
Essay Topic 3
Giants in the Earth is full of lush description and vivid imagery. Discuss this imagery, using several examples from the book. Where and how does the author use devices such as personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, etc.? How do they add to the novel? What impact do they have on the reader?
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