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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 type of injury does the sick Indian have?
(a) A torn muscle.
(b) A head wound.
(c) A hand wound.
(d) A broken leg.

2. Where is the Hansa family headed?
(a) Utah Territory.
(b) Dakota Territory.
(c) California.
(d) Minnesota.

3. 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.

4. As the novel opens, what time of day is it?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Early afternoon.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Late morning.

5. Where do the boys tell Per Hansa that the red welts on their bodies came from?
(a) They were fighting.
(b) They got into poison ivy.
(c) Beret struck them.
(d) They fell off the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what means is the Hansa family traveling?

2. What animal does Tonseten say he manages to hunt and kill using his crowbar?

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

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

5. What does Hans Olsa tell Per Hansa he has lost on his journey to their new home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Per Hansa take a trip to the Sioux River? What does he bring back with him?

4. What is Beret's reaction when the minister tries to baptize Peder Seier? Explain her reaction.

5. Why is Per Hansa left behind when the other men travel to town? How does he react to this?

6. In Book 1, Chapter 5, what does Per Hansa discover in Worthington that so delights him? How does he come upon it and what does he decide to do?

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

8. What happens to Beret after she comes to know the minister and after he leaves?

9. In the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2, we see Hans Olsa at work. What is he busy doing and why does he keep getting distracted?

10. In Book 1, Chapter 4, Per Hansa is surveying his property and finds wooden stakes in the ground. Where does Per find the stakes, what do they mean, and how does he react to this discovery?

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