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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?
(a) Because the sea was full of pirates.
(b) Because none of the men had ever sailed there before.
(c) Because it was the wrong season.
(d) Because he did not trust Eirik the Red.

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

3. How is Tyrkir described?
(a) Puny, shifty eyed, and clever with his hands.
(b) Small, easily frightened, and learned.
(c) Sickly, clever, and traitorous.
(d) Large, strong, and oafish.

4. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?
(a) Freydis, Eirik's daughter.
(b) Earl Eirik in Norway.
(c) The Thorsness Assembly.
(d) Eirik the Red.

5. What does Aud have erected at Kross Hills?
(a) A small cottage for her to live in.
(b) A statue of her son.
(c) Crosses.
(d) A shrine to the ancient gods.

6. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?
(a) They stayed on in Vinland.
(b) They died of disease.
(c) They angered the Gods.
(d) They went exploring on their own.

7. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?
(a) Christian.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) She refused to practice.
(d) Pagan.

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

9. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) Attractive and forested.
(b) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Uninhabited.

10. What happens between Thorgest and Eirik when Eirik returns to Iceland?
(a) A reconciliation is reached.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Thorgest and Eirik battle again.
(d) Eirik is deated.

11. What does Aud Do in Orkney after she hears of the death of Thorstein the Red?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Seeks vengence for her husband's death.
(c) Gives away his daughter, Groa, in marriage.
(d) Raises her grandchildren.

12. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?
(a) An abandoned ship they manage to take home as well.
(b) Another large and bountiful island.
(c) A strong current that makes the trip fast and easy.
(d) A group of people stranded on a reef.

13. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?
(a) Thorstein the Black.
(b) A goddess in Gudrid's dream.
(c) Thorstein's corpse.
(d) The native seer.

14. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?
(a) A peak towering overhead.
(b) A huge rock pointing upwards.
(c) The old keel of the boat.
(d) None of the above.

15. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?
(a) A fresh water spring.
(b) Wide grasslands.
(c) The woods.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eirik find Greenland?

2. How long does Eirik spend exploring Greenland?

3. What nickname is Leif given upon his return to Greenland?

4. What reception does Karlsefni receive in Norway?

5. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?

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