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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 does NOT describe Tonseten?
(a) Red beard.
(b) Rosy cheeks.
(c) Stout.
(d) Tall.

2. What does the place where the ducks live remind Per Hansa of?
(a) The swamps of New York.
(b) The bird cliffs in Finmarken.
(c) The ponds in Filmore County.
(d) The lakes of Norway.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 get people to join the settlement.
(c) To gather wood.
(d) To buy more seeds.

8. Why does Per Hansa leave the camp in the middle of the night in Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) To search for food.
(b) To try to figure out where they are.
(c) To escape from the family.
(d) To get help for his sick child.

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

10. What does the name And-Ongen mean?
(a) The kitten.
(b) The duckling.
(c) The ugly one.
(d) The mother.

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

12. What is Tonseten's first name?
(a) Syvert.
(b) Hans.
(c) Joerund.
(d) Hallbjorn.

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

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

15. ***Which of the following is NOT one of the items that Per Hansa barters for on his visit to town in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Lime.
(b) Twine.
(c) Chickens.
(d) A cow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the boys tell Per Hansa that the red welts on their bodies came from?

3. Who is most upset that Rosie is missing?

4. What kind of food does the Hansa family have to eat every night?

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

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