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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the final chapter of the book open with?
(a) A hunting scene involving Per Hansa.
(b) A discussion of life faced by the pioneers.
(c) An argument between Kjersti and Tonseten.
(d) A discussion of Beret's illness.

2. What are the clouds becoming to Beret as she stares into them?
(a) A pony.
(b) The face of a monster.
(c) A scene of her homeland.
(d) Cotton balls.

3. What is the name of the Irishwoman that Per Hansa fetches to help Hans Olsa?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Crazy Bridget.
(c) Crazy Katie.
(d) Silly Sue.

4. Tonseten says that the settlers should take names that reflect what?
(a) Their personalities.
(b) Their new settlement.
(c) Their occupations.
(d) Their Norwegian heritage.

5. In which direction is Per looking when he dies?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much can Per Hansa buy furs for at the Indian settlement that sells them?

2. How does the minister react when Tonseten tells him about his transgression?

3. What day is it when Ola and Store-Hans come to tell their father that the seeds have sprouted?

4. What rains down from the strange storm clouds as the men harvest the wheat in Book 2, Chapter 2?

5. When Per Hansa gets lost in the blizzard, what does he begin to have hallucinations of?

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