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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Erik the Red have for his son?
(a) Treasure.
(b) A great feast.
(c) A wife.
(d) A dog.
2. What does Sigurd make Orm promise before Sigurd dies?
(a) That Orm take his mother and sister back to England.
(b) That Orm become a great man.
(c) That Orm marry and have children.
(d) That Orm serve Leif well.
3. Who dies after a prolonged illness that causes terrible stomach pain?
(a) Leif Erikson.
(b) Sigurd.
(c) Ketil.
(d) Orm.
4. Ketil rides around on his horse looking for whom at "Logberg"?
(a) Orm.
(b) Erik the Red.
(c) Rumon.
(d) Brattalid.
5. Why does the chief Viking order Merewyn to be taken to his ship?
(a) He wants to marry Merewyn in his homeland.
(b) Because Poldu tells the chief Viking that Merewyn is his daughter.
(c) He needs another house servant in his homeland.
(d) He will kill Merewyn at sea.
6. How do the people at the feast react to the commands that Leif presents to them?
(a) Most refuse to be baptized outright.
(b) A huge fight breaks out among the men.
(c) Most leave the feast immediately without celebrating in protest.
(d) Despite reluctance, everyone knows that trade is directly tied to their obedience in matters such as these.
7. What does Rumon offer to do for Merewyn when he meets her at the place where she has taken her aunt's heart?
(a) Take her home to Uther.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Help her bury the heart.
(d) Guide her up the Tor that evening
8. How quickly do Rumon and the fishermen he hired reach the mouth of the Shannon River?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 hour.
9. What does Merewyn and her husband raise on their land?
(a) Goats.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Sheep and horses.
10. Who is Sigurd?
(a) Merewyn's captor.
(b) Merewyn's guard.
(c) Merewyn's husband.
(d) Merewyn's son.
11. What is working its way through the Western Settlement in Greenland?
(a) Bad weather.
(b) A sickness.
(c) A famine.
(d) Marauders.
12. Who is found dead after Rumon and Finian see that Tre-Uther is burned?
(a) Alfrida and Ethelred.
(b) Caw and Godo.
(c) Merewyn and her servants.
(d) Dunstan and another bishop.
13. What does Rumon tell Merewyn when they sit down at twilight?
(a) He wants to marry her.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He wants her.
(d) He must go.
14. Where does Merewyn and her family live?
(a) In Ireland.
(b) In Western Iceland, near the Bogarfjord.
(c) In the capital of Iceland.
(d) In England.
15. How does Merewyn feel about going to the place Erik speaks of?
(a) What matters to Merewyn is what her husband's family wants to be.
(b) Merewyn is as excited as Ketil to go.
(c) Merewyn hates to leave Langarfoss.
(d) Merewyn is indifferent so long as she is not returning to England.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who sails into Greenland in June of 1000?
2. Who does Merewyn see coming up the road on horseback as she waves good-bye to Asgerd?
3. Why does Queen Elgifu need constant nursing?
4. Who asks to join King Sweyn?
5. Why is Odo friendly to Merewyn?
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