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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 buy more seeds.
(b) To gather wood.
(c) To replenish the food supply.
(d) To get people to join the settlement.

2. Why do the members of the large caravan, who had decided to settle close to Spring Creek, come to Per Hansa's farm?
(a) To sell some whiskey.
(b) To demand he leave the settlement.
(c) To borrow farming equipment.
(d) To buy potatoes.

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

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

5. What does the name Store-Hans mean?
(a) Helpful hands.
(b) Little hands.
(c) Little Hans.
(d) Big Hans.

6. Where do the boys tell Per Hansa that the red welts on their bodies came from?
(a) They fell off the roof.
(b) Beret struck them.
(c) They were fighting.
(d) They got into poison ivy.

7. How old is Hans Olsa's daughter?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nine.

8. How many wagons does the large caravan that was the second to arrive at Spring Creek consist of?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

9. Who does Per Hansa take with him to meet the Indians?
(a) And-Ongen.
(b) Store-Hans.
(c) Hans Olsa.
(d) Sam Solum.

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

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

12. As the novel opens, what time of day is it?
(a) Late morning.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Early afternoon.

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

14. Who is the interpreter in the conversation between the men of the large caravan and the settlers of Spring Creek?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Per Hansa.
(c) Sam Solum.
(d) Beret.

15. By what means is the Hansa family traveling?
(a) Train.
(b) Horseback.
(c) Car.
(d) Covered wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Hans Olsa's southwest corner?

2. Who does Per Hansa send down to the creek to look for the missing cows?

3. What does Per Hansa find on his plot of land when he first goes to inspect it?

4. What does Beret trip over as she leaves the house after a fight with Per Hansa, at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4?

5. What chore does Per Hansa give to Ole while he is away at town?

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