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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. Of what nationality are the four men of the first small caravan to visit the settlement?
2. What does Per Hansa bring back to camp in Book 1, Chapter 1 to appease his wife?
3. Who tells Beret about the argument between the settlers of Spring Creek and the men of the large caravan?
4. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?
5. What is the name of Tonseten's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why don't the neighbors want to visit the Hansa house?
2. Describe the Hansa family.
3. After the locusts first come and the men finish plowing the fields, Per goes to check on Beret to see how she has fared during the attack. What does he find when he returns home and how does he react?
4. What is the minister's response to Per after he tells the minister his concerns about Beret?
5. Why does Per Hansa go to the Indian camp in Book 1, Chapter 3? What does he discover once he gets there?
6. In Book 1, Chapter 5, a group of settlers comes upon the Spring Creek settlement and, as Per Hansa and the other men are gone, it is left to Tonseten to greet them. What is their nationality? What is Tonseten's reaction to them and why?
7. Describe Per Hansa's plan for his house.
8. Who has a problem with Per Hansa's house? Why? What does this character do when Per Hansa ignores his advice?
9. What happens to the Irish frontiersmen after their fight with the settlers of Spring Creek over the land?
10. What is Beret's attitude towards Per Hansa's success as a businessman? How does he feel about her attitude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the community of Spring Creek grows over time. Do you think that this is typical of pioneer communities of the time? How were the settlers of Spring Creek so successful when other men and women of the pioneer were not? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Beret Hansa goes through many ups and downs and her emotional struggle is up front for the reader to experience all through the novel. Discuss Beret's emotional state. How does it change? What prompts her depression? How do her emotion stir her actions? How does her emotional state affect the other members of the community? Where is she emotionally by the end of the novel? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
The men and the women in the novel seem to have very separate and distinct roles in the novel. Describe the different roles in the novel. What are the roles of the men? Are these roles of typical pioneer men? What are the roles of the women? Are these roles of typical pioneer women? How are the men and women separated or characterized in the novel? Provide examples from the book.
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