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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Thorvald know they have found rich country just before he dies?
(a) There is plenty of fat around his entrails.
(b) He notices the black color of the earth.
(c) Unipeds only defend rich land.
(d) He sees the glittering streak of gold in the rocks.

2. How were the men split between Karlsefni and Thorhall?
(a) None of the men wanted to go with Thorhall.
(b) Karlsefni split the men so half would go with each ship.
(c) Only nine men wanted to go with Thorhall, the rest with Karlsefni.
(d) The Christians wanted to go with Karlsefni, the others withThorhall.

3. What does the king of Norway ask Leif to do upon his return to Greenland?
(a) Claim Vinland for Norway.
(b) Spread Christianity.
(c) Act as his embassador to Greenland.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do Karlsefni and his men see from their ship that make them think they have traveled as far from Straumfjord this way as they had the other way?
(a) The same range of mountains they saw from Hope.
(b) None of the above.
(c) The stars are the same.
(d) They see smoke from the settlement.

10. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?
(a) The son of the Icelandic king.
(b) A sea going merchant of distinction from Iceland.
(c) A Norwegian merchant.
(d) An embassador from the king of Norway.

11. Why is Thorbjorn not in the house during Thorbjorg's visit?
(a) He is afraid of Thorbjorg.
(b) He is arranging Gudrid's marriage.
(c) He is hunting.
(d) He would not stay to see such pagan practices.

12. How does Bjarni choose who gets to go in the life boat?
(a) By size.
(b) By rank.
(c) By lottery.
(d) By age.

13. Where does Thorstein's ship next put in to land after it leaves Eiriksfjord?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Eiriksfjord.
(c) Vinland.
(d) Norway.

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

15. Who does Karsefni and his crew pick up on their way home?
(a) The body of Thorvald.
(b) Some men that abandoned Thorhall when he left to sail home.
(c) Two native boys.
(d) Wrecked sailors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?

2. What makes Karlsefni decide to leave Vinland?

3. What does Thorkel prepare for Thorbjorg before her arrival?

4. Who were Haki and Hekja?

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

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