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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes on the next exploration of Vinland in Eirik's saga?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Thorstein and Leif.
(c) Thorgunna and Thorstein Eiriksson.
(d) Thorstein Eiriksson and Eirik the Red.

2. Which of the following best describes the clothes of the prophetess Thorbjorg?
(a) Tattered and loose fitting.
(b) Practical and common.
(c) Elaborate and ornate.
(d) Sparse and simple.

3. What drives the natives away from their second visit?
(a) An incoming storm.
(b) One of Karlsefni's men gets angry in a trade dispute.
(c) A running and bellowing bull.
(d) None of the above.

4. How is the marriage of Gudrid and Thorstein Eriksson received by their families?
(a) With disappointment from Eirik.
(b) It was well received on all sides.
(c) With anger from Thorbjorn.
(d) Both fathers disapproved of the match.

5. What does Eirik offer the traders in return for their generosity?
(a) Land near his home in Greenland.
(b) Gudrid's hand in marriage.
(c) His sons as fellow voyagers.
(d) To stay the winter at Brattahlid.

6. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?
(a) That she is an angel.
(b) The Gudrid's beauty would make Karlsefni miserable.
(c) That Karlsefni had married beneath him.
(d) That Gudrid is too spoiled.

7. What washes up on the shore over the winter when they are hungry?
(a) None of the above.
(b) A whale.
(c) An abandoned ship.
(d) Six sea lions.

8. Why does Leif deny Thorgunna what she asks of him?
(a) He does not want to antagonize Eirik.
(b) She is too unwell.
(c) She had too many kinsmen who would disapprove of his abducting her and hunt him.
(d) He doesn't think it will be possible.

9. What does Thorbjorg tell Gudrid?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Her paths all lead to Iceland.
(c) She will start and great and eminent family line.
(d) She will make a distinguished marriage that will not last long.

10. How does Bjarni choose who gets to go in the life boat?
(a) By lottery.
(b) By age.
(c) By size.
(d) By rank.

11. Where does Thorhall end up?
(a) He stayed at the native settlement they had seen from a distance.
(b) Enslaved in Ireland.
(c) Perished at sea.
(d) He fled to the interior and was never seen again.

12. What do Karlsefni and his men see from their ship that make them think they have traveled as far from Straumfjord this way as they had the other way?
(a) The same range of mountains they saw from Hope.
(b) The stars are the same.
(c) None of the above.
(d) They see smoke from the settlement.

13. Who is Einar?
(a) A successful sea going trader.
(b) The local cheiftan.
(c) Gudrid's foster father.
(d) A very wealthy but mean man.

14. Who was Thorhall?
(a) A swarthy huntsman.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A cantankerous and unpopular trouble-maker.
(d) A close friend of Eirik's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thorbjorn not in the house during Thorbjorg's visit?

2. Why does Karlsefni sail North when he decides to leave Vinland?

3. Why is Thorbjorg invited to the feast at Herjolfsness.

4. Who speaks to Bjarni when Bjarni gets on the life boat?

5. What happens on the trip to Greenland?

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