Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
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 name the pony that is given to him by the Indian chief?
2. ***Which of the following is NOT one of the items that Per Hansa barters for on his visit to town in Book 1, Chapter 5?
3. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?
4. How many wagons are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
5. What is Per Hansa's purpose for buying the twine and knitting a net?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the first group of visitors, strangers passing through on their way to settle further west, to the Spring Creek Settlement affect the settlers of Spring Creek?
2. What is the minister's response to Per after he tells the minister his concerns about Beret?
3. Why does Tonseten need to talk to the minister in private?
4. How does Beret find out about the name stakes that Per Hansa removes? What is her opinion of the event?
5. 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?
6. What is the Hansa family doing as the novel opens? Why?
7. 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?
8. What do the settlers discuss changing their names to? What name does Per refuse and what name does he decide would be a good name for his family?
9. How do the men convince the Solum boys to stay in Spring Creek for the winter?
10. What are the effects of the winter of 1880-1881 on the settlement at Spring Creek?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the dynamic of husbands and wives in the novel and in pioneer life. How is this dynamic present among the settlers in Spring Creek? What is the relationship between Per Hansa and Beret? Hans Olsa and Sorine? Tonseten and Kjersti? How do these relationships differ? Which of these relationships do you think is the best. Explain using examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Pick one of the more minor characters in the novel and discuss their character and personality and the way it affects other characters and their place in the community. You can pick from: Tonseten, Kjersti, Sorine, Hans Olsa, or one of the Solum boys. How does this character find his/her place in the community? What is his/her role in the development of the community? Explain using examples from the book.
|
This section contains 1,302 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
