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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hans Olsa ultimately decide to return home during the night in the snowstorm in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Sorine will worry if he doesn't return home.
(b) He'd rather lose his life outside than with his cattle.
(c) His bed is more comfortable than the hay.
(d) Sorine is making a special meal.

2. Tonseten says that the settlers should take names that reflect what?
(a) Their occupations.
(b) Their personalities.
(c) Their new settlement.
(d) Their Norwegian heritage.

3. Which of the following is NOT something that Per Hansa tells Torkel Tallaksen to invest his money in?
(a) Machinery.
(b) Horses.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Fish nets.

4. Where does Per Hansa go to sell the furs that he buys at the Indian settlement?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Iowa.
(d) North Dakota.

5. Which of the following best describes Beret in the final chapter?
(a) Near death.
(b) Moderately crazy.
(c) Intensely pious.
(d) Totally insane.

6. Why do the women suggest that Per Hansa quickly christen his new child after birth?
(a) They need to make a birth certificate.
(b) The baby is not breathing.
(c) They need to tell Beret his name.
(d) The baby is so frail he might not survive.

7. When Per Hansa gets lost in the blizzard, what does he begin to have hallucinations of?
(a) Norway.
(b) Beret and his children.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Rocky Mountains.

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

9. 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 man has kidnapped the woman.
(c) The woman has tried to kill the man.
(d) The woman is a thief being transported to jail.

10. What rains down from the strange storm clouds as the men harvest the wheat in Book 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Flies.
(b) Hail.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Snow.

11. Whom is the minister's communion Sunday service sermon about?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) A Scottish farmer.
(c) Beret Hansa.
(d) A Norwegian widow.

12. What has Per Hansa had to do because of the growth of his farm?
(a) Hire extra hands.
(b) Build more houses.
(c) Sell his land.
(d) Have more children.

13. What does the final chapter of the book open with?
(a) A hunting scene involving Per Hansa.
(b) A discussion of life faced by the pioneers.
(c) An argument between Kjersti and Tonseten.
(d) A discussion of Beret's illness.

14. What are the names of the couple that Tonseten married?
(a) Johannes Mostad and Josie.
(b) Kristian Peterson and Jonie.
(c) Hans Johan and Jennie.
(d) Mort Hanson and Julie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry Solum offer to Per Hansa for the winter?

2. Who is Torkel Tallaksen?

3. Where do the men go to get more wood in Book 2, Chapter 1?

4. How does the minister react when Tonseten tells him about his transgression?

5. What are the clouds becoming to Beret as she stares into them?

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