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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do they find Store-Hans after the minister's first service?
(a) Inside the barn.
(b) The Indian grave mound.
(c) At Hans Olsa's.
(d) At the swamp where the ducks live.

2. Why does Hans Olsa ride out to his third quarter in the middle of a snowstorm?
(a) To visit Per Hansa.
(b) To look after his cattle.
(c) To bury his dog.
(d) To get some lumber.

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

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

5. What is another name for Peder Seier?
(a) Hans Per.
(b) Seiersa.
(c) Store-Per.
(d) Permand.

6. What does Beret believe will become of herself and her baby?
(a) They will be sent back East.
(b) They will die in labor.
(c) They will become very close.
(d) Per Hansa will abandon them.

7. What does Per Hansa consider doing while Beret is in labor?
(a) Helping with the birth.
(b) Feeding the cows.
(c) Hanging himself.
(d) Plowing the fields.

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

9. Why does Per Hansa check the ground before he plants?
(a) To see how many worms are in the soil.
(b) To see if he has already planted seeds there.
(c) To see if there are any rocks or stones in the ground.
(d) To see how dry the soil is.

10. What does Per Hansa do after he returns home from the Hallings?
(a) Feeds the cows.
(b) Gets sick.
(c) Whitewashes the walls.
(d) Plants potatoes.

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

12. How does the minister react when Tonseten tells him about his transgression?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He scolds him.
(c) He gives him penance to perform.
(d) He lashes him.

13. Who teaches Per Hansa how to fish?
(a) Hans Olsa.
(b) The Hallings.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) The Tronders.

14. Who calls Per Hansa a fool for planting too early?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Ola.
(d) Beret.

15. During their trip to gather more wood, what do the men do to avoid losing each other in the storm?
(a) Try to tie themselves together.
(b) All get into one wagon.
(c) Hunker down and camp for the night.
(d) Shout out to each other to stay close.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that Per Hansa tells Torkel Tallaksen to invest his money in?

2. What activity do Per Hansa and his boys engage in for three days to prepare for winter?

3. Who does the minister want to baptize?

4. Why do the women suggest that Per Hansa quickly christen his new child after birth?

5. What name does Per Hansa refuse to let Beret be known by?

(see the answer keys)

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