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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 4 What the Waving Grass Revealed.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beret trip over as she leaves the house after a fight with Per Hansa, at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) The cow.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) Her own shoe.
(d) A plow.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the men who will travel to town in Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Sam Solum.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Syvert Tonseten.
(d) Harry Solum.

3. What is the date on which Per Hansa receives a deed to the property he has claimed?
(a) June 21, 1892.
(b) July 4, 1776.
(c) June 6, 1873.
(d) January 26, 1903.

4. Why do the members of the large caravan, who had decided to settle close to Spring Creek, come to Per Hansa's farm?
(a) To buy potatoes.
(b) To sell some whiskey.
(c) To borrow farming equipment.
(d) To demand he leave the settlement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?

2. Who gets into a physical fight with one of the men from the large caravan?

3. Why does Per Hansa leave the camp in the middle of the night in Book 1, Chapter 1?

4. What is Tonseten's first name?

5. What does Per Hansa ask the Indians for?

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