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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 6 The Heart That Dared Not Let In the Sun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Kjersti's cow?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Honey.
(c) Patches.
(d) Brindlesides.

2. What does Per Hansa find on his plot of land when he first goes to inspect it?
(a) A fox.
(b) A garden.
(c) A grave.
(d) A gun.

3. What does Per Hansa do after he returns home from the Hallings?
(a) Plants potatoes.
(b) Whitewashes the walls.
(c) Feeds the cows.
(d) Gets sick.

4. What do the neighbors liken the whitewashed walls of his house to?
(a) Ice.
(b) Snow.
(c) Bird droppings.
(d) Egg shells.

5. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Building a sod house.
(b) Talking to a friend.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Plowing his fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?

2. When does the snow first fall on the settlement at Spring Creek?

3. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Tonseten's southwest corner?

4. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?

5. What illness does Tonseten suffer from?

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