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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?
2. What is Tonseten's problem with Per Hansa's house as he is building it?
3. What does Beret make for breakfast using the flour before Per goes to see the Hallings?
4. Who gets into a physical fight with one of the men from the large caravan?
5. How old is Hans Olsa's daughter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Beret agree with Per Hansa's plans for the house? Does she explain this reasoning to her husband? Why or why not?
2. 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.
3. What business proposition does Torkel Tallaksen present to Per Hansa? What is Per Hansa's response?
4. How does Beret change in the last chapter of the book?
5. Describe the arrival of the minister and his physical appearance.
6. Describe Per Hansa's plan for his house.
7. Who has a problem with Per Hansa's house? Why? What does this character do when Per Hansa ignores his advice?
8. Why are the new people that come upon the Spring Creek settlement in Book 1, Chapter 5 reluctant to stay there? What is Tonseten's response?
9. How does Beret find out about the name stakes that Per Hansa removes? What is her opinion of the event?
10. What does Per Hansa find towards the end of Book 1, Chapter 1? Why is it important and what does it mean for the family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Giants in the Earth is full of lush description and vivid imagery. Discuss this imagery, using several examples from the book. Where and how does the author use devices such as personification, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, etc.? How do they add to the novel? What impact do they have on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the significance of the title of the novel, Giants in the Earth. Who are the "giants" in the earth? What does this label designate? What is the title's relationship to the idea that the Hansa family is used as a means to tell a universal story?
Essay Topic 3
The theme or struggle of man versus himself is present in the novel, specifically through Per Hansa, but it can also be seen in other characters. Discuss this struggle within the novel. How is it present? How does it affect the character involved in the struggle and the other characters in the family or settlement? Provide examples.
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