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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Iceland like when Eirik the Red arrives there?
(a) A shipping port.
(b) Undiscovered.
(c) Occupied by enemies.
(d) Already well settled.

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

3. Who is Thorvald?
(a) The king.
(b) The father of Eirik the Red.
(c) The brother of Eirik the Red.
(d) The discoverer of Greenland.

4. What do the lumps on the beach Thorvald sees turn out to be?
(a) Upside down skin boats with men under them.
(b) Piles of sand hiding an ambush.
(c) Ruins.
(d) Dead men.

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

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

7. Who is Leif?
(a) The founder of the colony on Iceland.
(b) The brother of Eirik the Red.
(c) The son of Eirik the Red.
(d) A messanger from the king.

8. What do Eirik's slaves do that caused problems?
(a) Proposition the neighbor's daughter.
(b) Threaten passerbys.
(c) Steal sheep.
(d) Start a landslide.

9. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?
(a) Prepares a mass emigration to follow.
(b) Assumes his rank and position in Iceland.
(c) Takes men to bring him back to Iceland.
(d) Immediately sets off there in his ship.

10. What does Leif do when he hears rumors about what happened in Vinland.
(a) Torture three of Freydis's men until he learns the truth.
(b) Confront Freydis and demand the truth.
(c) Ignore the rumors.
(d) Travel to Vinland to determine the truth.

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

12. 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 the number of men she takes on the trip.
(d) In what she pays the brothers.

13. What is different about the trip Karlsefni makes to Vinland from the previous ones?
(a) All of the above.
(b) He intends to make a permanent settlement.
(c) He takes livestock.
(d) He takes more men and five women who will all share profits.

14. What does Thorvald decide they should do when spring arrives?
(a) Sail west along the coast to explore.
(b) Build another ship for cargo.
(c) Divide the group into exploration parties to head out in every direction.
(d) Return to Greenland to bring more people.

15. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?
(a) Observe the land from a distance until high tide returned.
(b) Impatiently run ashore to explore.
(c) Remove supplies and abandon the boat.
(d) Dig a trench to float the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the parents of Thorstein the Red?

2. How do Thorstein and his men spend the summer?

3. Which of the following best characterizes the natural resources and weather on the land that Leif and his men explore?

4. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?

5. How long does Eirik spend exploring Greenland?

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