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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 5 Facing the Great Desolation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What place does Per Hansa hope to find when he leaves the camp in the middle of the night?
(a) The Dakota Territory.
(b) Split Rock Creek.
(c) The city of Jackson.
(d) An Indian village.

3. Who helps Per Hansa clean the sick Indian's injury?
(a) Ole.
(b) Store-Hans.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Beret.

4. What task does Per Hansa give to Ola when he returns from town in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) To chop wood.
(b) To feed the horse.
(c) To hunt for bears.
(d) To knit the net.

5. Who finds the ducks on the prairie?
(a) Per Hansa and Hans Olsa.
(b) Store-Hans and Ola.
(c) Beret and Kjersti.
(d) And-Ongen and Store-Hans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of food does the Hansa family have to eat every night?

2. What does Beret trip over as she leaves the house after a fight with Per Hansa, at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4?

3. By what means is the Hansa family traveling?

4. Where do the settlers wait for Per Hansa to return from searching for the cows?

5. How much does the Tronder woman charge Per Hansa for borrowing her bull for a year?

(see the answer key)

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