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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Erik tell Ketil when Ketil finds him in the evening?
(a) That Erik sailed west to a land where grasslands bordered a central ice cap.
(b) That Ketil looked old and tired.
(c) That Erik's wife was expecting their 5th child.
(d) That Ketil should not have looked so hard for him because Erik would have found Ketil.

2. What did Merewyn ask of her husband and father-in-law, Ketil?
(a) Not to go a-viking anymore.
(b) If she could go home to England.
(c) To help her raise her sister.
(d) Not to leave her alone in the house at night.

3. After Thorbjorg tells Sigurd and Merewyn about Ketil, what does Thorbjorg say about Merewyn ?
(a) Merewyn will marry the stranger from England in the years ahead.
(b) Merewyn will have several more children but only 1 will survive to adulthood.
(c) Merewyn will die in the upcoming epidemic.
(d) Thorbjorg sees big changes for Merewyn and Merewyn will not die in Greenland.

4. How many ships set sail from the western Fjords in the Spring?
(a) 3.
(b) 25.
(c) 10.
(d) 100.

5. Why are Sigurd, Merewyn, and Orm disappointed when round the cape?
(a) They had lost so many on the voyage.
(b) They see nothing but ice.
(c) They miss their home in Iceland.
(d) They see grassland, but no trees are in sight.

6. What does Odo use to purchase things for Merewyn?
(a) A cloak.
(b) Coins.
(c) 2 horses.
(d) Food.

7. What does Erik the Red have for his son?
(a) A wife.
(b) A dog.
(c) Treasure.
(d) A great feast.

8. Where does Ketil die?
(a) In battle with Sigurd.
(b) On his ship, where he is happiest.
(c) At sea.
(d) In his bed, asleep.

9. How does Rumon react to Poldu's news that Merewyn was taken by the Vikings?
(a) He cries terribly.
(b) He is devastated.
(c) He is angry that Poldu didn't stop them.
(d) He drops to his knees and prays for her protection.

10. What does Orm try out as with King Sweyn's men?
(a) A Thane for King Ethelred.
(b) A huntsmen for Wulfric.
(c) A captain of a small Viking ships.
(d) A steersman on one of the long Viking ships.

11. How quickly do Rumon and the fishermen he hired reach the mouth of the Shannon River?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 6 hours.

12. Who leads the Viking attacks?
(a) King Sweyn and his son Canute of Denmark.
(b) Orm.
(c) Ketil.
(d) Erik the Red.

13. When does the Abbess interview the nuns?
(a) Soon after the Abbey is destroyed.
(b) Right away.
(c) After the Vikings were defeated.
(d) During her lengthy recovery.

14. What does Bishop Ethelwold do when he returns to the Abbey in October?
(a) He celebrates a special mass of thanks.
(b) He hears final vows from Elfled and four others.
(c) He expels two nuns for their lack of courage.
(d) He chastises the Abbess for making herself sick.

15. When does Merewyn become an official lady-in-waiting to Queen Elgifu?
(a) The year 1002.
(b) The year 1000.
(c) The year 999.
(d) The year 1005.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rumon decide to do once he heard the news that Merewyn was taken by the Vikings?

2. What is working its way through the Western Settlement in Greenland?

3. What does Merewyn want Sigurd to do while at the Althing?

4. Who becomes ill when Ketil goes down to the naust for his daily walk to the Bylgja?

5. How did Poldu remain alive after the attack?

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