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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drives Thorvald and his men to shore the second summer?
(a) The sighting of a human settlement.
(b) The need for lumber.
(c) A fierce gale.
(d) Hunger.

2. How does Eirik find Greenland?
(a) There have been several trips there before.
(b) He gets blown off course.
(c) He is sailing to sea in a blind fury without destination.
(d) The reports from Gunnbjorn's sightings.

3. What is the result of the trouble the slaves started?
(a) Eirik kills some men.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Eirik is banished from Haukedale.
(d) The neighbors kill Eirik's slaves.

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

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

6. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?
(a) Fight.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Trade.
(d) Attempt to communicate.

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

8. What happens to Tyrkir?
(a) He gets into a fight with Leif and leaves by himself.
(b) He hears strange sounds and follows them.
(c) He gets lost.
(d) He gets separated from the other men.

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

10. Who accompanies Thorstein and his men to Vinland?
(a) Gudrid, Thorstein's wife.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A Christian missionary.
(d) An embassador from Earl Eirik.

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

12. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?
(a) Metal knives.
(b) Woven blankets.
(c) Milk.
(d) Axes.

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

14. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?
(a) Nine men in one ship.
(b) Thirty men in three ships.
(c) Sixty men in eight ships.
(d) Thirty men in one ship.

15. How is Leif Eiriksson described?
(a) Strong, shrewd, and moderate.
(b) Loyal, impulsive, and tempermental.
(c) Intelligent, ambitious, and proud.
(d) Strong, impulsive, and violent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Aud Do in Orkney after she hears of the death of Thorstein the Red?

3. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?

4. Where do the men bury Thorvald?

5. What does Tyrkir find?

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