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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry Solum conduct his school?
(a) From Per Hansa's house always.
(b) The location rotates among the houses.
(c) From his brother Sam's house.
(d) Henry Solum does not teach school.

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

3. 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) At Per Hansa's house.
(b) With Tonseten.
(c) In the shed with the cattle.
(d) Down by Spring Creek.

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

5. What activity do Per Hansa and his boys engage in for three days to prepare for winter?
(a) Duck hunting.
(b) Wood cutting.
(c) Bear hunting.
(d) Traveling.

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

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

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

9. Whose house does the minister arrive at first?
(a) Torkel Tallaksen's.
(b) Per Hansa's.
(c) Hans Olsa's.
(d) Tonseten's.

10. Why do the men think the Solum boys should teach school?
(a) Because they have the best house.
(b) Because they can speak English.
(c) Because they can't farm.
(d) Because they are good at math.

11. What type of meat do the Hansas share with their neighbors?
(a) Duck.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bear.
(d) Moose.

12. Who protests Peder Seier being baptized by the minister?
(a) Hans Olsa.
(b) Per Hansa.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Beret.

13. What does Per Hansa name his new baby?
(a) Kristian Seier.
(b) Hans Per.
(c) Peder Seier.
(d) Hans Peder.

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

15. When do the men realize they must make a trip for more wood in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) October.
(b) February.
(c) June.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman who was tied up when she came to Spring Creek try to do in the middle of the night?

2. What does Hans Olsa find when he arrives on his third quarter during the snowstorm?

3. Where does the minister perform divine services?

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

5. In which direction is Per looking when he dies?

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