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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 5 - 6, Thorvald Explores Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?
(a) Observe the land from a distance until high tide returned.
(b) Remove supplies and abandon the boat.
(c) Dig a trench to float the boat.
(d) Impatiently run ashore to explore.

2. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?
(a) All of the above.
(b) On a promontory between two fjords.
(c) A beautiful place Thorvald said he would like to make his home.
(d) A beautiful, heavily wooded area.

3. How do Thorstein and his men spend the summer?
(a) Cutting wood and grapes.
(b) Preparing to leave Greenland.
(c) Lost at sea.
(d) Searching the coast for Thorvald.

4. Which of the following best characterizes the natural resources and weather on the land that Leif and his men explore?
(a) Abundant and mild.
(b) Sparse and changeable.
(c) Few and cold.
(d) Sufficient and tolerable.

5. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?
(a) A strong current that makes the trip fast and easy.
(b) An abandoned ship they manage to take home as well.
(c) Another large and bountiful island.
(d) A group of people stranded on a reef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Freydis?

2. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?

3. Who decides to further explore Vinland?

4. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?

5. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?

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