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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. Who is Per Hansa?
2. What is the name of Kjersti's cow?
3. Who gets into a physical fight with one of the men from the large caravan?
4. What does Per Hansa bring back to camp in Book 1, Chapter 1 to appease his wife?
5. What is the date on which Per Hansa receives a deed to the property he has claimed?
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. Why do the Solum boys want to travel back East for the winter? What do they ask of Per Hansa and what is his reaction?
3. What is some of Beret's strange behavior that Per Hansa shares with the minister?
4. What is Beret Hansa's emotional/mental state in Book 1, Chapter 1 of the novel? Why?
5. What are the effects of the winter of 1880-1881 on the settlement at Spring Creek?
6. 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?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What do Hans Olsa, Tonseten and Harry Solum bring back from their trip to town? What is the atmosphere of the settlement when the men return?
10. Why does Per Hansa go to the Indian camp in Book 1, Chapter 3? What does he discover once he gets there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the style of the novel. Include in your discussion the importance of the title of the chapters, the pacing of the novel, the way the themes are used, and other style elements involved. Provide examples of the author's style and discuss whether the style is effective in this type of novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the hardships of pioneer life. What are the hardships faced by the pioneers in the first year? Do the hardships change in subsequent years? Or does the life get any easier? How do the pioneers note their progression or success in their settlements? Explain using examples from the book.
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