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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 does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Barrettes.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Tobacco.

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

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

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

5. Who is the first to notice that the cows have gone missing after the men arrive home from town?
(a) Sorine.
(b) Kjersti.
(c) Sam Solum.
(d) Per Hansa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task does Per Hansa give to Ola when he returns from town in Book 1, Chapter 5?

2. Where does Beret Hansa remember the family landed when they crossed the ocean from Norway?

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

4. Who is the only person in the settlement who seems upset about what Per Hansa did with the stakes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Per Hansa plants his seeds in the ground in Book 2, Chapter 2? How does Per react?

2. 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?

3. How does the first group of visitors, strangers passing through on their way to settle further west, to the Spring Creek Settlement affect the settlers of Spring Creek?

4. What type of business does Per Hansa conduct regarding the furs from the Indians?

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

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. 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?

9. Describe the weather in Book 1, Chapter 6. How does Beret feel about the whitewashing? What does it have to do with the weather?

10. What is Beret's attitude towards Per Hansa's success as a businessman? How does he feel about her attitude?

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