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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 7 - 8, Karlsefni in Greenland, Karlsefni Goes to Vinland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is found in abundance on the island near Straumfjord?
(a) Salt.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Gold.
(d) Eggs.

2. What do Haki and Hekja come back with?
(a) Arrowheads and pottery.
(b) Grapes and wild wheat.
(c) A skin of fresh water.
(d) Reports of a great bay.

3. Who are the parents of Thorstein the Red?
(a) The Invisible People.
(b) Eirik the Red and Thurid.
(c) Thurid and Olaf the White.
(d) Aud and Olaf the White.

4. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?
(a) Sixty men in eight ships.
(b) Thirty men in one ship.
(c) Thirty men in three ships.
(d) Nine men in one ship.

5. What drives Thorvald and his men to shore the second summer?
(a) The sighting of a human settlement.
(b) The need for lumber.
(c) Hunger.
(d) A fierce gale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karlsefni offer Eirik to cheer him up?

2. According to the prophecy, where will Gudrid go on pilgrimage?

3. After her time in Orkney, where does Aud go?

4. What does Thorvald decide they should do when spring arrives?

5. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?

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