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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 9 - 11, Thorhall Breaks Away, Karlsefni Goes South, The Skrælings Attack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eirik lend to Thorgest?
(a) A ship.
(b) His sword.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Bench-boards.

2. When do Karlsefni and his men see the natives again?
(a) Again and again over the Winter.
(b) Not again for almost two years.
(c) In the Spring.
(d) When they find another native settlement.

3. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?
(a) Thirty men in three ships.
(b) Thirty men in one ship.
(c) Nine men in one ship.
(d) Sixty men in eight ships.

4. What makes Karlsefni decide to leave Vinland?
(a) They have enough supplies to make them rich.
(b) He realizes a settlement will never have peace from the natives.
(c) The group has lost too many men.
(d) Gudrid misses the people at Brattahlid.

5. How is Leif Eiriksson described?
(a) Loyal, impulsive, and tempermental.
(b) Strong, impulsive, and violent.
(c) Strong, shrewd, and moderate.
(d) Intelligent, ambitious, and proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Thorvald and Eirik do because "of some killings" in Jaederen?

2. Where does Thorhall end up?

3. How is the marriage of Gudrid and Thorstein Eriksson received by their families?

4. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

5. After her time in Orkney, where does Aud go?

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