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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 2 The Power of Evil in High Places.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Torkel Tallaksen?
(a) A Norwegian newcomer with money.
(b) An Irish farmer with a large family.
(c) A cousin of Tonseten's.
(d) A Swedish man selling seed.

2. Where do the boys tell Per Hansa that the red welts on their bodies came from?
(a) They were fighting.
(b) They fell off the roof.
(c) They got into poison ivy.
(d) Beret struck them.

3. What rains down from the strange storm clouds as the men harvest the wheat in Book 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Snow.
(b) Flies.
(c) Hail.
(d) Locusts.

4. What does Per Hansa name the pony that is given to him by the Indian chief?
(a) Patches.
(b) Injun.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Brindlesides.

5. Which of the following is NOT something that Per brings back with him in addition to lost cows that had wandered off?
(a) Two hens.
(b) A mare.
(c) A rooster.
(d) A bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Per Hansa a fool for planting too early?

2. What does Per Hansa find when he goes to check on Beret after harvesting the wheat?

3. Which of the following is NOT something that Per Hansa tells Torkel Tallaksen to invest his money in?

4. Why do the men have to take a trip to town in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 3?

5. What day is it when Ola and Store-Hans come to tell their father that the seeds have sprouted?

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