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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 9 - 11, Thorhall Breaks Away, Karlsefni Goes South, The Skrælings Attack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Karlsefni decide to leave Vinland?
(a) Gudrid misses the people at Brattahlid.
(b) He realizes a settlement will never have peace from the natives.
(c) The group has lost too many men.
(d) They have enough supplies to make them rich.

2. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?
(a) Dense forest with much lumber.
(b) Low hills covered in grass.
(c) Mountainous, steep, and forbidding.
(d) Icy, rocky, and worthless.

3. Why does Leif travel to the Hebrides?
(a) He had to leave because of some killings.
(b) In search of new lands.
(c) On a mission from King Olaf Tryggvason.
(d) He was blown off course on his way to Norway.

4. What does the expedition see as they approach Vinland?
(a) Settlements far to the north.
(b) A ghost ship.
(c) A pod of strange whales.
(d) Several islands of varying landscapes.

5. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?
(a) A Norwegian merchant.
(b) An embassador from the king of Norway.
(c) The son of the Icelandic king.
(d) A sea going merchant of distinction from Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sigrid see in her vision?

2. What do Thorvald and his men see further up the fjord?

3. What size crew does Leif Eiriksson take with him?

4. Who accompanies Thorstein and his men to Vinland?

5. Who is Einar?

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