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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Barrettes.

4. What type of injury does the sick Indian have?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) A head wound.
(c) A torn muscle.
(d) A hand wound.

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

6. What does Per Hansa do after he finds the stakes in the ground?
(a) He leaves them where he finds them.
(b) He immediately tells Hans Olsa about them.
(c) He removes them and hides them.
(d) He goes to inquire about them in town.

7. How many wagons are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

8. What animal does Tonseten actually manage to hunt and kill using his crowbar?
(a) A badger.
(b) A duck.
(c) A bear.
(d) A deer.

9. What is the name of the Hansa's cow?
(a) Helga.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Rosie.

10. What animal does Tonseten say he manages to hunt and kill using his crowbar?
(a) A deer.
(b) A duck.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A bear.

11. 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.

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

13. What does Per Hansa bring back to camp in Book 1, Chapter 1 to appease his wife?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A dried mutton leg.
(c) A new cow.
(d) A barrel of water.

14. Who gets into a physical fight with one of the men from the large caravan?
(a) Sam Solum.
(b) Henry Solum.
(c) Hans Olsa.
(d) Per Hansa.

15. What is Per Hansa's purpose for buying the twine and knitting a net?
(a) To keep the mosquitoes out.
(b) To catch rainwater.
(c) To catch ducks.
(d) To hold their clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What task does Per Hansa give to Ola when he returns from town in Book 1, Chapter 5?

3. Why do the members of the large caravan, who had decided to settle close to Spring Creek, come to Per Hansa's farm?

4. What does the name Store-Hans mean?

5. Where do the settlers have to go to make their claim to the land official?

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