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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Aud do to the men that she brings to Iceland?
(a) Send them to explore abroad.
(b) Execute them.
(c) Gave them land.
(d) Keep them the remainder of their lives as servants.

4. What does Eirik lend to Thorgest?
(a) Bench-boards.
(b) Slaves.
(c) His sword.
(d) A ship.

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

6. What do Thorvald and his men see further up the fjord?
(a) Settlements.
(b) Ruins of great cities.
(c) Cattle.
(d) Planted crops.

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

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

9. Where does Eirik propose to go when he leaves Iceland?
(a) He is set to sea with no guide or plan.
(b) To explore land sighted to the west.
(c) Back to Norway.
(d) To take revenge.

10. Which of the following most accurately describes the descendants of Karlsefni and Gudrid?
(a) They are wealthy.
(b) They ruled for many years.
(c) They are few but influential.
(d) They are prolific and important.

11. What does Thorvald die of?
(a) A wound in his armpit.
(b) A fall onto rocks.
(c) He is murdered by a shipmate.
(d) A serious illness.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the fight with Thorgest?

2. Where do the brothers stay when they arrive in Vinland?

3. What causes the Bjarni to lose his bearings at sea?

4. What arrangement does Freydis have with the brothers Helgi and Finnbogi?

5. Why does Bjarni worry about the trip to Greenland?

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