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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. How many wagons are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

2. Where do the settlers have to go to make their claim to the land official?
(a) Silver City.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Hillside Colony.
(d) Sioux Falls.

3. What does Per Hansa bring back to camp in Book 1, Chapter 1 to appease his wife?
(a) A dried mutton leg.
(b) A new cow.
(c) A barrel of water.
(d) A new dress.

4. What does Per Hansa ask the Indians for?
(a) Horses.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Food.
(d) Whiskey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beret trip over as she leaves the house after a fight with Per Hansa, at the end of Book 1, Chapter 4?

2. What does the name Store-Hans mean?

3. What is the name of Kjersti's cow?

4. What does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?

5. How old is Hans Olsa's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Describe the Hansa family.

4. Who has a problem with Per Hansa's house? Why? What does this character do when Per Hansa ignores his advice?

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

6. Describe what happens to Per Hansa when he decides to go on a trip with the men using his oxen and gets lost in a blizzard.

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

8. What happens to the Irish frontiersmen after their fight with the settlers of Spring Creek over the land?

9. How does Beret change in the last chapter of the book?

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

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