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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Thorhall announce he wants to go as he hoists the sail to part company with Karlsefni?
(a) To claim the best land as his own.
(b) Into the wilderness and away from the Christians.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Back to their countrymen at home.

2. Who was Thorhall?
(a) A close friend of Eirik's.
(b) A swarthy huntsman.
(c) All of the above.
(d) A cantankerous and unpopular trouble-maker.

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

4. What does Sigrid see in her vision?
(a) Gardi trying to flog others with a whip.
(b) A line of corpses outside the house.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The corpses of herself and Thorstein Eriksson.

5. When do Karlsefni and his men see the natives again?
(a) When they find another native settlement.
(b) Not again for almost two years.
(c) Again and again over the Winter.
(d) In the Spring.

6. What does Thorbjorg tell Gudrid?
(a) She will make a distinguished marriage that will not last long.
(b) Her paths all lead to Iceland.
(c) All of the above.
(d) She will start and great and eminent family line.

7. What happens with the uniped after Thorvald dies?
(a) One of the men wounds it and it dives into the water.
(b) Karlsefni and his men chase it up North, but lose it.
(c) Karlsefni and his men kill it.
(d) It vanishes in a fog.

8. What kills many people while Thorstein and Gudrid are in Lysufjord?
(a) Starvation.
(b) A terrible storm.
(c) A disease.
(d) Cold.

9. What is the woman Thorbjorg by trade?
(a) Prophetess.
(b) Priestess.
(c) Seamstress.
(d) Matchmaker.

10. What does Karlsefni offer Eirik to cheer him up?
(a) None of the above.
(b) To take him on his next journey.
(c) To become like a son to him.
(d) To use want he wanted from their cargos for Christmas feast.

11. Where does Thorhall end up?
(a) Perished at sea.
(b) Enslaved in Ireland.
(c) He fled to the interior and was never seen again.
(d) He stayed at the native settlement they had seen from a distance.

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

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

14. How does Thorbjorn announce his departure to Greenland?
(a) At a feast he throws for all his friends.
(b) He doesn't. He just leaves.
(c) At a town meeting.
(d) By having his good friends spread the word.

15. What do the natives most seem to want from the expedition?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Swords.
(c) Red cloth.
(d) Dried fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is morale like the last Winter in Vinland?

2. Who goes on the next exploration of Vinland in Eirik's saga?

3. Who travels with Thorbjorn to Greenland?

4. What does the king of Norway ask Leif to do upon his return to Greenland?

5. What makes Karlsefni decide to leave Vinland?

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