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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Raises her grandchildren.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Gives away his daughter, Groa, in marriage.

2. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?
(a) Disease.
(b) In a skirmish with the natives of Vinland.
(c) Thirst while they are lost at sea.
(d) In a shipwreck.

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

4. What does Leif Eiriksson do with the news of the land sighted to the west?
(a) He and a crew still his father's ship and leave to explore.
(b) He is made a retainer at Earl Eiriks courst and ordered to explore.
(c) He visits Bjarni and buys his ship.
(d) He starts building his own boat, despite prostestations.

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

6. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid settle for the remainder of their lives?
(a) In Greenland.
(b) In Iceland.
(c) Back on Vinland.
(d) In Norway.

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

8. Who is Karlsefni?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Gudrid's brother.
(c) Thorstein's cousin who comes to support Gudrid.
(d) A traveler from Norway who marries Gudrid.

9. What is Aud's full title?
(a) Aud the Deep Minded.
(b) Aud the White.
(c) Aud the Beautiful.
(d) Aud the Red.

10. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?
(a) The native seer.
(b) A goddess in Gudrid's dream.
(c) Thorstein the Black.
(d) Thorstein's corpse.

11. What reception does Karlsefni receive in Norway?
(a) Karlsefni and Gudrid were well received by the nobles in Norway.
(b) People were amazed he was still alive.
(c) All of the above.
(d) He had so much merchandise he was accused of being a pirate.

12. Who tries to join Leif Eiriksson in his journey but was injured at the last moment?
(a) Bjarni.
(b) His wife.
(c) His father.
(d) A Christian missionary.

13. What does Eirik do when he finds Greenland?
(a) Declares the land uninhabitable.
(b) Returns immediately to Iceland.
(c) Decides to find land farther west.
(d) Explores it and name places for three years.

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

15. After her time in Orkney, where does Aud go?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Thorvald and Eirik do because "of some killings" in Jaederen?

2. What does Freydis ask of one of the brothers?

3. Why does Eirik name the land he discovered "Greenland"?

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

5. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?

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