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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A couple arrives at Spring Creek and the woman is tied up in the wagon. What has happened to them?
(a) Their youngest child has died.
(b) The woman has tried to kill the man.
(c) The woman is a thief being transported to jail.
(d) The man has kidnapped the woman.

2. What does Per Hansa's newborn baby's middle name mean?
(a) Victorious.
(b) Lively.
(c) Frail.
(d) Strong.

3. What are the clouds becoming to Beret as she stares into them?
(a) A scene of her homeland.
(b) Cotton balls.
(c) The face of a monster.
(d) A pony.

4. What does Per Hansa think his wife's strange behavior is caused by?
(a) Food poisoning.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Fever.
(d) Her pregnancy.

5. What does Sorine do when Hans Olsa returns home during the snowstorm?
(a) Scolds him for staying out late.
(b) Bundles him off to bed.
(c) Gets him some soup.
(d) Puts him in the bathtub.

6. How does Per Hansa react to Beret's preaching?
(a) He does not take it seriously.
(b) He is very proud of her.
(c) He yells at her.
(d) He hangs on her every word.

7. Who does Hans Olsa ask Per Hansa to bring to him before he dies?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Sofie.
(c) The minister.
(d) The doctor.

8. Where does the minister perform divine services?
(a) Per Hansa's house.
(b) Hans Olsa's house.
(c) Tonseten's house.
(d) The community center.

9. Where is Per Hansa headed to look for the minister?
(a) Sioux Falls.
(b) Worthington.
(c) The James River settlement.
(d) The Spring Creek settlement.

10. Who comes to ask Per Hansa if he will make the trip to find the minister?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Tonseten.
(c) Sorine.
(d) Ola.

11. What does Per Hansa find when he goes to check on Beret after harvesting the wheat?
(a) She has made a large supper.
(b) She has burned the house down.
(c) She has run away with the children.
(d) She has barricaded the door.

12. In what years does the winter snow fall from mid-October to mid-April?
(a) 1800-1801.
(b) 1864-1864.
(c) 1880-1881.
(d) 1980-1981.

13. How long do the locusts plague the settlers?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six years.

14. What happens two days after Per Hansa plants his wheat crop?
(a) A blizzard hits.
(b) There is a flood.
(c) Beret dies.
(d) He realizes he has planted the wrong seeds.

15. In what month does the minister arrive to the settlement?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Sorine suggest that Per Hansa use as his new name?

2. Where does Henry Solum conduct his school?

3. What does Per Hansa do after he returns home from the Hallings?

4. What does the final chapter of the book open with?

5. What does Per Hansa name his new baby?

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