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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who travels with Thorbjorn to Greenland?
(a) No one but Gudrid and his slaves.
(b) Einar.
(c) About thrity friends.
(d) Three entire ships of people.

2. What drives the natives away from their second visit?
(a) An incoming storm.
(b) A running and bellowing bull.
(c) None of the above.
(d) One of Karlsefni's men gets angry in a trade dispute.

3. What does Thorkel prepare for Thorbjorg before her arrival?
(a) A service.
(b) A feast.
(c) An informal social greeting time.
(d) A high seat with a cushion.

4. Why does Gudrid not want to help Thorbjorg?
(a) Thorbjorg scares her.
(b) Because she is a Christian.
(c) She is shy.
(d) She considers the work beneath her.

5. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?
(a) Her height.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her humor.
(d) Her beauty.

6. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?
(a) Return to Iceland.
(b) Travel to Norway.
(c) Go on a pilgrimage.
(d) Stay a Brattahlid with Eirik the Red.

7. Who speaks to Bjarni when Bjarni gets on the life boat?
(a) The mother of three small children.
(b) A young Icelander who had traveled with Bjarni.
(c) A scared little girl.
(d) A nobleman.

8. What do Karlsefni and his men see when they are stopped at the lake?
(a) Nine skin boats approaching with natives waving sticks.
(b) A traveling band of native families.
(c) Children from a native settlement.
(d) Native warriors coming down the beach.

9. What does this speaker ask of Bjarni?
(a) To notify his/her family.
(b) To show mercy to the children.
(c) To assume his/her responsibilities.
(d) To trade places.

10. What do Haki and Hekja come back with?
(a) Reports of a great bay.
(b) Grapes and wild wheat.
(c) A skin of fresh water.
(d) Arrowheads and pottery.

11. Who is Thorgunna?
(a) The queen of Norway.
(b) The woman Leif falls in love with and the mother of his son.
(c) Eirik the Red's sister.
(d) A wealthy widow who gives Leif a ship.

12. How many people could fit in the small boat they had?
(a) Only about ten.
(b) All but ten.
(c) All of them, but then no food or water.
(d) Half the people on board.

13. How is the marriage of Gudrid and Thorstein Eriksson received by their families?
(a) Both fathers disapproved of the match.
(b) With anger from Thorbjorn.
(c) It was well received on all sides.
(d) With disappointment from Eirik.

14. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?
(a) That Karlsefni had married beneath him.
(b) That Gudrid is too spoiled.
(c) That she is an angel.
(d) The Gudrid's beauty would make Karlsefni miserable.

15. How does Freydis get left behind?
(a) She is pregnant and can't keep up when they flee.
(b) She refuses to leave the safety of the ship.
(c) She wants to stay and fight the natives.
(d) She claims the natives are friendly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Haki and Hekja leave to do?

2. How does Einar go about seeking the hand of Gudrid?

3. How old was Karlsefni's son when they left Vinland?

4. What does Sigrid see in her vision?

5. Where does Thorstein's ship next put in to land after it leaves Eiriksfjord?

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