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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 1 On the Border of Utter Darkness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children are in the Hansa family?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. What does Per Hansa ask the Indians for?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Horses.
(d) Food.

3. Why do the men have to take a trip to town in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) To gather wood.
(b) To get people to join the settlement.
(c) To buy more seeds.
(d) To replenish the food supply.

4. Why does Per Hans walk so far ahead of the caravan?
(a) He is lost and doesn't want to tell his wife.
(b) He has a lot of energy to burn off.
(c) He doesn't like his family.
(d) He has to flatten the grass so the caravan can pass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?

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

3. What does Per Hansa bring back to camp in Book 1, Chapter 1 to appease his wife?

4. Where are the four men, the first small caravan to visit the settlement, from?

5. Who is the first to notice that the cows have gone missing after the men arrive home from town?

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