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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. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Building a sod house.
(b) Talking to a friend.
(c) Plowing his fields.
(d) Sleeping.

2. What does the name And-Ongen mean?
(a) The ugly one.
(b) The kitten.
(c) The duckling.
(d) The mother.

3. What does the name Store-Hans mean?
(a) Little Hans.
(b) Helpful hands.
(c) Little hands.
(d) Big Hans.

4. Where does Beret Hansa remember the family landed when they crossed the ocean from Norway?
(a) Montreal.
(b) Quebec.
(c) Providence.
(d) New York.

5. How many men are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beret attack her boys with?

2. What does Per Hansa name the pony that is given to him by the Indian chief?

3. What is the name of the Hansas' rifle?

4. Where do the settlers have to go to make their claim to the land official?

5. Who does Per Hansa send down to the creek to look for the missing cows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the hardships of pioneer life as described in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 4?

2. Who goes to look for the cattle? What happens when this character returns?

3. How does Per Hansa die? In what position is he found?

4. How does Henry Solum's teach school in the settlement?

5. Why does Beret agree with Per Hansa's plans for the house? Does she explain this reasoning to her husband? Why or why not?

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

7. Describe Per Hansa's plan for his house.

8. Describe the Hansa family's caravan.

9. What business proposition does Torkel Tallaksen present to Per Hansa? What is Per Hansa's response?

10. What are the effects of the winter of 1880-1881 on the settlement at Spring Creek?

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