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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scares the natives the first time they appear?
(a) The men shout and chase them.
(b) The sight of a whale being butchered.
(c) The weapons displayed by the men.
(d) The bellowing of the bull.

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

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

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

5. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?
(a) Many boats of goods.
(b) A plague.
(c) A Christian.
(d) Weapons.

6. What does Aud have erected at Kross Hills?
(a) Crosses.
(b) A shrine to the ancient gods.
(c) A small cottage for her to live in.
(d) A statue of her son.

7. What is Eirik sentenced with by the Thorsness Assembly?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Five years of exploration service for the king.
(d) Outlawry.

8. What happens after the fight with Thorgest?
(a) Eirik hides and then flees the island.
(b) Thorgest scours the country looking for Eirik.
(c) Eirik is sentenced to outlawry.
(d) All of the above.

9. Why do Eirik and Thorvald leave Norway?
(a) On a mission from the king.
(b) To find new resources.
(c) Because of some killings.
(d) They heard rumors of land to the west.

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

11. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?
(a) Leave part of the crew to explore while the other part returns to Greenland to report.
(b) Name it after Earl Eirik.
(c) Take samples of the resources and return to Greenland.
(d) Build houses, spend the winter, and explore.

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

13. How is Tyrkir described?
(a) Large, strong, and oafish.
(b) Sickly, clever, and traitorous.
(c) Puny, shifty eyed, and clever with his hands.
(d) Small, easily frightened, and learned.

14. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?
(a) A group of people stranded on a reef.
(b) Another large and bountiful island.
(c) An abandoned ship they manage to take home as well.
(d) A strong current that makes the trip fast and easy.

15. What does Gudrid see that no one else sees?
(a) The ghost of her husband Thorstein.
(b) More natives gathering in the distance.
(c) A chestnut haired woman in a close fitting tunic.
(d) A vision into the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?

2. Who is Freydis?

3. How does Eirik find Greenland?

4. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?

5. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

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