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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season had Håkan and Linus departed from Europe together?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

2. Who is the first person in the narrative to call Håkan by the name of "Hawk" (31)?
(a) The scoundrel.
(b) The dragoon.
(c) The barman.
(d) The boss.

3. In what kind of landscape is Håkan wandering after he escapes from Clangston?
(a) A desert.
(b) A plain.
(c) A bog.
(d) A forest.

4. Who releases Håkan from his restrained position inside the covered wagon?
(a) Linus.
(b) Lorimer.
(c) Jarvis.
(d) Asa.

5. What special talent does Linus possess?
(a) Storytelling.
(b) Tumbling.
(c) Juggling.
(d) Writing poetry.

6. Who directs the preparation of the medicine to heal the person ill with fever?
(a) Håkan.
(b) Lorimer.
(c) Linus.
(d) Jarvis.

7. The narrator refers to the man at the head of the nefarious convoy by using what term?
(a) Fat man.
(b) Barman.
(c) Boss.
(d) Scoundrel.

8. In what chapter do Lorimer and Håkan part from one another?
(a) Chapter 8.
(b) Chapter 7.
(c) Chapter 6.
(d) Chapter 9.

9. Lorimer identifies the original owners of the teeth presented to him by the Native Americans as what types of animals?
(a) Dinosaurs.
(b) Fish.
(c) Cats.
(d) Birds.

10. On what continent had Lorimer attended college?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

11. How does Håkan acquire Pingo?
(a) Pingo is given as a gift to Håkan.
(b) Håkan steals Pingo.
(c) Håkan finds Pingo in the wild.
(d) Håkan buys Pingo.

12. 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.

13. When Håkan wakes up next to a dead animal, to what cause does he attribute the animal's cause of death?
(a) A broken neck.
(b) Disease.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Starvation.

14. Lorimer can speak a bit of which language in addition to English?
(a) Welsh.
(b) German.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Latin.

15. The prologue takes place on a ship near what location?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) California.
(d) Alaska.

Short Answer Questions

1. Håkan and his brother Linus use what type of abandoned structures as places to play?

2. The vast majority of the men in the convoy want to take what action in regard to the massacre?

3. The landscape through which the Brennans and Håkan move on their expedition is composed of what?

4. In which direction does Lorimer go when he parts ways with Håkan?

5. What birds does Håkan eat in order to survive after he escapes from Clangston?

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