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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finds the ducks on the prairie?
(a) Store-Hans and Ola.
(b) Per Hansa and Hans Olsa.
(c) And-Ongen and Store-Hans.
(d) Beret and Kjersti.

2. Who is most upset that Rosie is missing?
(a) Per Hansa.
(b) Ola.
(c) Hans Olsa.
(d) Store-Hans.

3. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Kjersti.
(c) Ola.
(d) Beret.

4. What place does Per Hansa hope to find when he leaves the camp in the middle of the night?
(a) Split Rock Creek.
(b) The city of Jackson.
(c) The Dakota Territory.
(d) An Indian village.

5. What is the name of Tonseten's wife?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Freya.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Alana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Per Hansa bring back to camp in Book 1, Chapter 1 to appease his wife?

2. What kind of food does the Hansa family have to eat every night?

3. How much does the Tronder woman charge Per Hansa for borrowing her bull for a year?

4. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?

5. What does Beret make for breakfast using the flour before Per goes to see the Hallings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of the man and woman who come to Spring Creek with the woman tied up in the wagon?

2. Why is Beret so afraid when Per Hansa leaves the settlement to go on trips?

3. What happens to Hans Olsa in the final chapter of the book?

4. Why does Beret begin packing up the family's possessions in a trunk while Per Hansa is away at town in Book 1, Chapter 5?

5. From the exchange between Tonseten and Hans Olsa in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2, what can you gather is their opinion of Per Hansa?

6. Describe what is happening when the locusts come to the settlement. What is the reaction of the settlers?

7. Describe what happens to Per Hansa when he decides to go on a trip with the men using his oxen and gets lost in a blizzard.

8. What is the minister's response to Per after he tells the minister his concerns about Beret?

9. What is Beret's demeanor after she gives birth to Peder Seier?

10. What does Per Hansa notice about his wife in Book 1, Chapter 6? What does he think causes it and what does he try to do about it?

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