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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to compliment Per Hansa on his wise decision to plant early?
(a) Henry Solum.
(b) Torkel Tallaksen.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) Hans Olsa.

2. How much can Per Hansa buy furs for at the Indian settlement that sells them?
(a) Five cents.
(b) Ten cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Twenty cents.

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

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

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

6. What do the Solum boys build to help them return East?
(a) A boat.
(b) A car.
(c) A sleigh.
(d) A wagon.

7. Whose house does Per Hansa come upon after he is lost in the blizzard with his oxen?
(a) The Hallings family.
(b) The Vossing family.
(c) The Baarstad family.
(d) Tonseten's house.

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

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

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

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

12. Who becomes frustrated at Per Hansa's refusal to harvest the wheat when others tell him it is time?
(a) Henry Solum.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Torkel Tallaksen.
(d) Tonseten.

13. What strange dream does Beret have before it actually happens?
(a) Per Hansa's injury.
(b) The arrival of the locusts.
(c) Her own death.
(d) Her mother's death.

14. What day is it when Ola and Store-Hans come to tell their father that the seeds have sprouted?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

15. How much money does Per make buying and selling furs the first year?
(a) 85 dollars.
(b) 50 dollars.
(c) 140 dollars.
(d) 210 dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Per Hansa think his wife's strange behavior is caused by?

2. Whom is the minister's communion Sunday service sermon about?

3. Where are the settlers when the question of changing their names comes up?

4. What does the minister think about Peder Seier's name?

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

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