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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What men come with Aud to Iceland?
(a) Her husband and sons.
(b) A sect of sorcerers from the British Isles.
(c) Fellow practicians of her craft.
(d) Captive slaves from the British Isles.

2. Who is Freydis?
(a) The wife of Herjolf.
(b) The first victim of the plague.
(c) A seer and a witch.
(d) The arrogant daughter of Eirik the Red.

3. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?
(a) All of the above.
(b) On a promontory between two fjords.
(c) A beautiful place Thorvald said he would like to make his home.
(d) A beautiful, heavily wooded area.

4. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?
(a) Eirik the Red.
(b) The Thorsness Assembly.
(c) Freydis, Eirik's daughter.
(d) Earl Eirik in Norway.

5. What arrangement does Freydis have with the brothers Helgi and Finnbogi?
(a) To travel together to Vinland and share equally in the profits.
(b) They will take her along on their travels if she can pay.
(c) They will command the ships of her expedition.
(d) She hires them to transport her goods.

6. What does Freydis ask of one of the brothers?
(a) To supply her with extra food.
(b) To murder his brother.
(c) If he will trade ships so she can leave.
(d) To return to Greenland and bring Leif.

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

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

9. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?
(a) All of the above.
(b) A merchant.
(c) The son of Herjolf Bardarson
(d) A man of wealth and reputation.

10. What arrangement does Karlsefni make with Leif regarding the houses in Vinland?
(a) Karlsefni buys the houses from Leif.
(b) Karlsefni can use them until Leif arrives again.
(c) Leif is willing to lend Karlsefni the houses, but not give them.
(d) Leif gives him the houses on the condition that the settlement is named after him.

11. What does Aud Do in Orkney after she hears of the death of Thorstein the Red?
(a) Seeks vengence for her husband's death.
(b) Gives away his daughter, Groa, in marriage.
(c) Raises her grandchildren.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

14. Why do the men wish to stop at this land?
(a) They think it is Greenland.
(b) The land is rich and beautiful.
(c) They are afraid of getting further lost.
(d) For wood and water.

15. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?
(a) Mountainous and icy.
(b) Desolate and bare.
(c) Wooded with low hills.
(d) Heavily populated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?

2. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?

3. What does Tyrkir find?

4. Who is Thorvald?

5. Which of the following best describes the sentiment between Freydis and the brothers in Vinland?

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