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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) Barrettes.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Tobacco.

2. Who, in Book 1, Chapter 4, says, "We need a preacher, I hear...Well, now we've got one!"?
(a) Henry Solum.
(b) Tonseten.
(c) Beret.
(d) Per Hansa.

3. How much does the Tronder woman charge Per Hansa for borrowing her bull for a year?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

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

5. What town does Per Hansa travel to in Book 1, Chapter 5 to get supplies?
(a) Worthington.
(b) Sioux Falls.
(c) Rockford.
(d) Wichita.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the name And-Ongen mean?

3. Why does Per Hans walk so far ahead of the caravan?

4. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Hans Olsa's southwest corner?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the arrival of the minister and his physical appearance.

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

4. In Book 1, Chapter 6, we get a glimpse into the mind of Beret Hansa. Why does Beret consider her life at the settlement as a punishment from God?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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