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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the minister think about Peder Seier's name?
(a) It is a blasphemous name.
(b) It is a glorious name.
(c) It is a silly name.
(d) It is a bad name.

2. What does Hans Olsa suggest Peder become when he grows up?
(a) Governor.
(b) Traveler.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Fisherman.

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

4. What does Torkel Tallaksen want to build?
(a) A large barn.
(b) Spring Creek's first store.
(c) A wooden house.
(d) A church.

5. Why do Per Hansa and his sons sift through the seed before they plant them?
(a) To make sure they are all the same kind.
(b) To remove any rocks that may have mixed in.
(c) To let some air into the seed bags.
(d) To remove any bad seeds.

6. What day does Beret go into labor?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Easter.
(d) New Year's.

7. What does Beret prepare for her husband before he sets off on his journey?
(a) Stew.
(b) Beef jerky.
(c) Hot coffee.
(d) Porridge.

8. 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 are good at math.
(d) Because they can't farm.

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

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

11. What does Sorine do when Hans Olsa returns home during the snowstorm?
(a) Scolds him for staying out late.
(b) Bundles him off to bed.
(c) Puts him in the bathtub.
(d) Gets him some soup.

12. What sermon does the minister preach during his first service in the settlement?
(a) The Israelites and the land of Canaan.
(b) The last supper.
(c) Jesus turning the water into wine.
(d) The ascension.

13. What does the woman who was tied up when she came to Spring Creek try to do in the middle of the night?
(a) She runs away with Hans Olsa.
(b) She tries to burn the sod house down.
(c) She tries to steal And-Ongen.
(d) She tries to steal Per Hansa's gun.

14. What does the minister ask of the people of the house when he first arrives?
(a) Food to take with him on his journey.
(b) Lodging for himself and his horse.
(c) Firewood for his campfire.
(d) Directions to the next settlement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Per Hansa clutching in his hands when they find his body?

2. Whose house does the minister arrive at first?

3. What does Per Hansa's newborn baby's middle name mean?

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

5. Why does Per Hansa check the ground before he plants?

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