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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What religious affiliation does Aud practice?
(a) Pagan.
(b) Sorcery.
(c) Christian.
(d) She refused to practice.

11. Where do Thorstein and his men first land on their trip?
(a) Lysufjord on Greenland.
(b) The houses that Leif built.
(c) At Thorvald's grave.
(d) The island Markland.

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

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

14. What does Tyrkir find?
(a) A human settlement.
(b) A gold vein.
(c) Vines and grapes.
(d) Another boat anchored on upshore.

15. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?
(a) Bench-boards.
(b) Eirik proposes to Thorgest's sister.
(c) They both felt they should be clan leader.
(d) Thorgest's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?

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

3. Who accompanies Thorstein and his men to Vinland?

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

5. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?

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