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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 finds the ducks on the prairie?
2. Who is Per Hansa?
3. What does Per Hansa name the pony that is given to him by the Indian chief?
4. Who gets into a physical fight with one of the men from the large caravan?
5. What does the name Store-Hans mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Beret so afraid when Per Hansa leaves the settlement to go on trips?
2. What are the hardships of pioneer life as described in the beginning of Book 2, Chapter 4?
3. What are the effects of the winter of 1880-1881 on the settlement at Spring Creek?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. Why does Tonseten need to talk to the minister in private?
7. Describe the Hansa family's caravan.
8. What is Beret Hansa's emotional/mental state in Book 1, Chapter 1 of the novel? Why?
9. What is some of Beret's strange behavior that Per Hansa shares with the minister?
10. How does Beret change in the last chapter of the book?
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
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
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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