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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 tells Beret about the argument between the settlers of Spring Creek and the men of the large caravan?
(a) Store-Hans.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Per Hansa.

2. What is the name of Kjersti's cow?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Patches.
(c) Brindlesides.
(d) Honey.

3. Why does Per Hans walk so far ahead of the caravan?
(a) He has to flatten the grass so the caravan can pass.
(b) He has a lot of energy to burn off.
(c) He doesn't like his family.
(d) He is lost and doesn't want to tell his wife.

4. Why do the men have to take a trip to town in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) To buy more seeds.
(b) To replenish the food supply.
(c) To get people to join the settlement.
(d) To gather wood.

5. How many children are in the Hansa family?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do the men bring back from their trip to town for Per Hansa?

2. Who says, "The guilty will receive their punishment in the end"?

3. Who does Per Hansa take with him to meet the Indians?

4. What does Per Hansa do after he finds the stakes in the ground?

5. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the Solum boys want to travel back East for the winter? What do they ask of Per Hansa and what is his reaction?

3. What is some of Beret's strange behavior that Per Hansa shares with the minister?

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

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

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

7. Describe Per Hansa's interaction with the Indians in Book 1, Chapter 3. Why do you think he is so concerned about the ailing chief?

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

9. Why don't the neighbors want to visit the Hansa house?

10. Describe the Hansa family.

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