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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the uniped do to Thorvald?
(a) Shoots poison darts at him.
(b) Bites him.
(c) Drags him under water.
(d) Shoots an arrow into his groin.

2. What does Eirik offer the traders in return for their generosity?
(a) To stay the winter at Brattahlid.
(b) Gudrid's hand in marriage.
(c) His sons as fellow voyagers.
(d) Land near his home in Greenland.

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

4. Who were Haki and Hekja?
(a) Two Scots given to Leif by the king of Norway.
(b) Two sailors who were also good runners.
(c) Boys who had been raised at Brattahlid.
(d) Icelandic friends of Karlsefni's.

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

6. Why did Thorhall go on the expedition to Vinland?
(a) Eirik no longer wanted him in Greenland.
(b) Karlsefni invited him along for his hunting skills.
(c) He had considerable experience in wild regions.
(d) To protect Eirik's son Thorvald.

7. What does Leif find in Vinland?
(a) Gold and lumber.
(b) Wild wheat, vines, and maples.
(c) Gold, sheep, and wild game.
(d) Towns and ports.

8. What does the uniped do when it sees Karlsefni and the men?
(a) Dresses itself in armor.
(b) Comes bounding towards them.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Dives into the water.

9. 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.

10. What is the nature of the Christmas feast Eirik the Red served Karlsefni and company?
(a) Meager.
(b) Lavish and beyond what most people had seen before.
(c) Stately and respectful.
(d) Identical to what he served for his son's wedding.

11. Where do Karsefni and the crew spend their third Winter?
(a) Uniped-Land.
(b) Markland.
(c) Hope.
(d) Straumford.

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

13. What trouble is there with with Sigrid's corpse?
(a) It keeps trying to get into bed with Thorstein Eriksson.
(b) It was too large.
(c) It kept telling false prophecies.
(d) It smelled terrible in the small house.

14. Which of the following best characterizes Gudrid's father?
(a) A former slave.
(b) A chieftan.
(c) All of the above.
(d) The owner of a large farm.

15. Why does Karlsefni decide to go to Vinland?
(a) To escape Eirik's wrath about his marriage to Gudrid.
(b) He feels it is his obligation to the king of Norway.
(c) Gudrid wants to see Vinland.
(d) Because of all the discussions about Vinland at Brattahlid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Karlsefni and his natives do with the natives the second time they get visited?

3. What do Karlsefni and his men first see on the opposite side of a clearing?

4. What is found in abundance on the island near Straumfjord?

5. What does Thorbjorg do for Gudrid?

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