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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Grænlendinga Saga, Chapters 7 - 9, Karlsefni in Vinland, Freydis in Vinland, Karlsefni's Descendants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?
(a) Because none of the men had ever sailed there before.
(b) Because he did not trust Eirik the Red.
(c) Because it was the wrong season.
(d) Because the sea was full of pirates.

2. Which of the following most accurately describes the descendants of Karlsefni and Gudrid?
(a) They ruled for many years.
(b) They are few but influential.
(c) They are wealthy.
(d) They are prolific and important.

3. Where do the brothers stay when they arrive in Vinland?
(a) All cramped inside the smallest of Leif's houses.
(b) On their ship.
(c) In a house they build farther inland.
(d) In Leif's houses.

4. How does Bjarni spend the rest of his days?
(a) Farming with his father in Greenland.
(b) Sailing the seas looking for that land.
(c) Sick in bed with the plague.
(d) As a pauper.

5. 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) Few and cold.
(c) Sufficient and tolerable.
(d) Sparse and changeable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Thorvald?

3. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?

4. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

5. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?

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