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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hans Olsa find when he arrives on his third quarter during the snowstorm?
(a) The cows have run away.
(b) The animal shed has been blown apart by the wind.
(c) The animal shed has burnt down.
(d) There are people camping on his land.

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

4. What is Per Hansa clutching in his hands when they find his body?
(a) Beef jerky.
(b) Pictures of his kids.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Staffs.

5. What does Henry Solum offer to Per Hansa for the winter?
(a) His labor.
(b) His books.
(c) His wagon.
(d) His cow.

6. What does Beret call the blizzards?
(a) Monster.
(b) Blinding.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Coldness.

7. Who asks Tonseten to marry a couple for which he still feels guilt over marrying?
(a) Torkel Tallaksen.
(b) Per Hansa.
(c) Rolf Hansen.
(d) Halvor Hagg.

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

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

10. Who does the minister want to baptize?
(a) The Indians.
(b) The children.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) Beret Hansa.

11. Who worries about the strain of divine services on Beret?
(a) Store-Hans.
(b) Sorine.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) Kjersti.

12. In which direction is Per looking when he dies?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

13. Where does Hans Olsa decide to spend the night so that he doesn't get lost in the snowstorm in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) With Tonseten.
(b) In the shed with the cattle.
(c) At Per Hansa's house.
(d) Down by Spring Creek.

14. Who is Torkel Tallaksen?
(a) An Irish farmer with a large family.
(b) A Norwegian newcomer with money.
(c) A Swedish man selling seed.
(d) A cousin of Tonseten's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Per Hansa find when he goes to check on Beret after harvesting the wheat?

2. When do the men realize they must make a trip for more wood in Book 2, Chapter 1?

3. What does Torkel Tallaksen want to build?

4. What does Beret believe will become of herself and her baby?

5. In what years does the winter snow fall from mid-October to mid-April?

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