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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) Uninhabited.
(b) All of the above.
(c) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(d) Attractive and forested.

5. What reception does Karlsefni receive in Norway?
(a) He had so much merchandise he was accused of being a pirate.
(b) Karlsefni and Gudrid were well received by the nobles in Norway.
(c) People were amazed he was still alive.
(d) All of the above.

6. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?
(a) Wide grasslands.
(b) The woods.
(c) Gold.
(d) A fresh water spring.

7. How long does Eirik spend exploring Greenland?
(a) Three years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

8. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?
(a) On a promontory between two fjords.
(b) A beautiful place Thorvald said he would like to make his home.
(c) A beautiful, heavily wooded area.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

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

12. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?
(a) They died of disease.
(b) They went exploring on their own.
(c) They stayed on in Vinland.
(d) They angered the Gods.

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

14. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?
(a) Asleep after gorging on grapes.
(b) In a lush undiscovered valley.
(c) None of the above.
(d) On his way back, not far from the houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?

4. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?

5. What drives Thorvald and his men to shore the second summer?

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