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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a type of seed that Beret brought to plant in addition to the main crop?
(a) Turnips.
(b) Melons.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Tomatoes.

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

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

4. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?
(a) Ola.
(b) Store-Hans.
(c) Beret.
(d) Per Hansa.

5. What is the name of Hans Olsa's wife?
(a) Sorine.
(b) Rane.
(c) Beret.
(d) Dagney.

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

7. Where does the journey of the Hansa family begin?
(a) Minnesota.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Illinois.

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

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

10. Where does Per Hansa plan on getting wood for the roof of his house?
(a) The Sioux River.
(b) Wal-mart.
(c) Spring Creek.
(d) The Black Hills Forest.

11. 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 barrel of water.
(d) A new cow.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Tonseten say he manages to hunt and kill using his crowbar?

2. How many wagons does the large caravan that was the second to arrive at Spring Creek consist of?

3. How old is Hans Olsa's daughter?

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

5. Why does Per Hans walk so far ahead of the caravan?

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