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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. Where does Per Hansa tell Hans Olsa he will go to look for the cows?
(a) To the Indian settlement.
(b) To the creek.
(c) To the Sioux River.
(d) To Sioux Falls.

2. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?
(a) Per Hansa.
(b) Beret.
(c) Store-Hans.
(d) Ola.

3. Who are the spokesmen between the men of the large caravan and the settlers of Spring Creek?
(a) Hans Olsa and Harry Solum.
(b) Sam Solum and Per Hansa.
(c) Hans Olsa and Tonseten.
(d) Tonseten and Harry Solum.

4. Who is the interpreter in the conversation between the men of the large caravan and the settlers of Spring Creek?
(a) Beret.
(b) Sam Solum.
(c) Per Hansa.
(d) Kjersti.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?

2. By what means is the Hansa family traveling?

3. What is Tonseten's first name?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Beret find out about the name stakes that Per Hansa removes? What is her opinion of the event?

2. What does Per Hansa do with the wooden stakes that he discovers? Why? What accounts for the change in Per's demeanor during this time?

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

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

5. Why does Beret begin packing up the family's possessions in a trunk while Per Hansa is away at town in Book 1, Chapter 5?

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

7. From the exchange between Tonseten and Hans Olsa in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2, what can you gather is their opinion of Per Hansa?

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

9. 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?

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

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