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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of weather leads to the men's predicament of being stranded?
(a) Fog.
(b) Hail.
(c) Ice.
(d) Wind.

2. The Brennans are surprised by what aspect of the prices they encounter once on land?
(a) How they differ according to the method of payment used.
(b) How often they fluctuate.
(c) How high they are.
(d) How low they are.

3. A convoy from what location arrives in order to threaten the Brennans if they do not give up their mine and flee?
(a) Clangston.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Kansas City.
(d) Topeka.

4. How many days' notice do Linus and Håkan get from Erik before they leave for America?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

5. Håkan performs surgery on his horse Pingo in order to remove what substance from its belly?
(a) Nightshade.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) Glass.
(d) Dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of weather does the narrator state happens sometimes and is "always a miracle" (105)?

2. Helen is murdered in what way after being raped?

3. From what country had Lorimer originally hailed?

4. What is distinctive about the town of Clangston?

5. When Håkan comes upon a caravan train of travelers, he thinks to himself that which character had been right about caravans?

(see the answer key)

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