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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. ***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?
2. What kind of trees does Per Hansa bring back to plant around the house?
3. What chore does Per Hansa give to Ole while he is away at town?
4. What does Per Hansa offer to Beret when he comes home in Book 1, Chapter 5?
5. Why does Per Hansa leave the camp in the middle of the night in Book 1, Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Per Hansa go to the Indian camp in Book 1, Chapter 3? What does he discover once he gets there?
2. What happens to the rest of the party that the Hansa family was traveling with?
3. 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?
4. What is the story of the man and woman who come to Spring Creek with the woman tied up in the wagon?
5. What is the Hansa family doing as the novel opens? Why?
6. What type of business does Per Hansa conduct regarding the furs from the Indians?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. How does Henry Solum's teach school in the settlement?
10. 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?
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
Isolation and loneliness are important parts of the novel especially in the beginning when the settlers first come to the place where they will live. Discuss the themes of isolation and loneliness in the novel. How are they exhibited in the novel? Are they experienced by any specific characters or are they a universal feeling? How would these themes affect a pioneer family? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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