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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the only person in the settlement who seems upset about what Per Hansa did with the stakes?
(a) Hans Olsa.
(b) Tonseten.
(c) Sorine.
(d) Beret.

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

5. Who is the author of Giants of the Earth?
(a) O. E. Rölvaag.
(b) E. O. Hansa.
(c) R. E. Olefsön.
(d) R. O. Elvög.

6. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?
(a) A pony.
(b) A tobacco pipe.
(c) A cowhide.
(d) A sack of flour.

7. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Tonseten's southwest corner?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Harden.
(c) O'Malley.
(d) O'Hara.

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

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

10. What town does Per Hansa travel to in Book 1, Chapter 5 to get supplies?
(a) Wichita.
(b) Worthington.
(c) Sioux Falls.
(d) Rockford.

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

12. What is the name of the Hansas' rifle?
(a) Old Maria.
(b) Sweet Caroline.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Old Faithful.

13. What is the name of Hans Olsa's daughter?
(a) Anna.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Sofie.
(d) Helga.

14. What does Beret trip over as she leaves the house after a fight with Per Hansa, at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4?
(a) The cow.
(b) A child's toy.
(c) A plow.
(d) Her own shoe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does Tonseten actually manage to hunt and kill using his crowbar?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Tonseten?

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

5. What is the first crop that Per Hansa wants to plant on his land?

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