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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Tonseten's wife?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Freya.
(c) Alana.
(d) Kirsten.

2. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?
(a) Beret.
(b) Ola.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) Kjersti.

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

4. What kind of trees does Per Hansa bring back to plant around the house?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Fig.
(c) Peach.
(d) Plum.

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Tonseten?
(a) Tall.
(b) Rosy cheeks.
(c) Stout.
(d) Red beard.

6. Who, in Book 1, Chapter 4, says, "We need a preacher, I hear...Well, now we've got one!"?
(a) Per Hansa.
(b) Beret.
(c) Henry Solum.
(d) Tonseten.

7. What illness does Tonseten suffer from?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Depression.

8. Why does Per Hansa leave the camp in the middle of the night in Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) To escape from the family.
(b) To search for food.
(c) To get help for his sick child.
(d) To try to figure out where they are.

9. 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 rooster.
(c) A bull.
(d) A mare.

10. What does Beret attack her boys with?
(a) A switch.
(b) A belt.
(c) Her hand.
(d) A spoon.

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

12. Who is most upset that Rosie is missing?
(a) Store-Hans.
(b) Per Hansa.
(c) Ola.
(d) Hans Olsa.

13. Who is Per Hansa?
(a) The main male character of the book.
(b) The main female character of the book.
(c) The main family's oldest child.
(d) A shopkeeper who helps the family with supplies.

14. What is it that the settlers are particularly afraid of?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Indian encounters.
(c) Losing their children.
(d) Winter.

15. Who does Per Hansa send down to the creek to look for the missing cows?
(a) Store-Hans.
(b) Beret.
(c) Ola.
(d) Hans Olsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?

2. Where does Beret Hansa remember the family landed when they crossed the ocean from Norway?

3. What does Beret make for breakfast using the flour before Per goes to see the Hallings?

4. Which of the following do the men bring back from their trip to town for Per Hansa?

5. Where does the journey of the Hansa family begin?

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