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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapter 5 - 6, Leif Discovers Vinland, Thorstein Eiriksson Dies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?
(a) Axes.
(b) Metal knives.
(c) Milk.
(d) Woven blankets.

2. Who gives Gudrid the prophecy about her future?
(a) The overseer.
(b) Her dead husband.
(c) A prophetess in a dream.
(d) The corpse of Sigrid.

3. Where do the men bury Thorvald?
(a) In Greenland.
(b) At the houses that Leif built.
(c) At sea.
(d) Krossaness, the place he thought suitable for a home.

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

5. Who is Thorvald?
(a) The discoverer of Greenland.
(b) The father of Eirik the Red.
(c) The king.
(d) The brother of Eirik the Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drives Thorvald and his men to shore the second summer?

2. What arrangement does Karlsefni make with Leif regarding the houses in Vinland?

3. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?

4. How is Tyrkir described?

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

(see the answer key)

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