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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 Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?
(a) They are of more even length.
(b) The skies were clearer.
(c) They were louder with sounds of wildlife.
(d) They reached higher temperatures.

2. What size crew does Leif Eiriksson take with him?
(a) A barely sufficient skeleton crew.
(b) Just himself and two close friends.
(c) Four ships, abundantly manned.
(d) Thirty five men.

3. What does Thorvald use to mark the spot he named Kjalarness?
(a) A peak towering overhead.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The old keel of the boat.
(d) A huge rock pointing upwards.

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

5. What does Thorgunna send to Leif in Greenland?
(a) Three ships.
(b) His son.
(c) A cross.
(d) A fortune in cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gudrid see that no one else sees?

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

3. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?

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

5. What does Thorbjorg do for Gudrid?

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