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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 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.

2. What is Tonseten's problem with Per Hansa's house as he is building it?
(a) He thinks it is too big.
(b) He thinks it won't stand up to the wind.
(c) He thinks it is too small.
(d) He thinks the walls are crooked.

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

4. Who says, "The guilty will receive their punishment in the end"?
(a) Sam Solum.
(b) Beret.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Per Hansa.

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

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

7. What does Per Hansa name the pony that is given to him by the Indian chief?
(a) Patches.
(b) Brindlesides.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Injun.

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

9. What is the first crop that Per Hansa wants to plant on his land?
(a) Beans.
(b) Corn.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Potatoes.

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

11. Of what nationality are the four men of the first small caravan to visit the settlement?
(a) English.
(b) German.
(c) Portuguese.
(d) Norwegian.

12. Who helps Per Hansa clean the sick Indian's injury?
(a) Ole.
(b) Kjersti.
(c) Store-Hans.
(d) Beret.

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

14. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Hans Olsa's southwest corner?
(a) John Wright.
(b) H. Olsen.
(c) Joe Gill.
(d) Hansa.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?

3. What does the name Store-Hans mean?

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

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

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