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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Eirik's Saga, Chapters 12 - 14, Thorvald Eiriksson Dies, Bjarni Grimolfsson's Death, Karlsefni's Descendants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?
(a) Wide grasslands.
(b) A fresh water spring.
(c) Gold.
(d) The woods.

2. In what way does Freydis first break her word?
(a) In her promises to share everything equally.
(b) By directing them to take her places they do not expect.
(c) In what she pays the brothers.
(d) In the number of men she takes on the trip.

3. What is the woman Thorbjorg by trade?
(a) Matchmaker.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Priestess.
(d) Prophetess.

4. What did Haki and Hekja leave to do?
(a) Find fresh water.
(b) Start making a map of the area.
(c) Report on the settlements sighted to the north.
(d) Explore the country to the south.

5. What do Karlsefni and his men find when they stop for a fortnight when they sail south?
(a) Streams teeming with fish.
(b) Wild wheat and grapes.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A lake they can sail to up a river.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Eirik's saga, how does Leif encounter Vinland?

2. What does Thorgunna ask of Leif?

3. What does Thorbjorg do for Gudrid?

4. Who accompanies Thorstein and his men to Vinland?

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

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