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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the natives come the second time they visit Karsefni and his men?
(a) More traveling families arrive as they follow the river.
(b) A great horde of them approach by boat from the South.
(c) Native men arrive by dogsled.
(d) More kids arrive on foot from a nearby settlement.

5. What happens on the trip to Greenland?
(a) Disease.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) The death of Orm and his wife.

6. How old was Karlsefni's son when they left Vinland?
(a) Seven.
(b) Newborn.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

7. What does Gudrid do for Thorbjorg?
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance.
(c) Encourage people to attend.
(d) Help set up her tools.

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

9. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?
(a) They were banished from the other settlement.
(b) They are trying to reach Vinland.
(c) To escape the wrath of their fathers.
(d) They jointly own a farm there with another Thorstein.

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

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

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

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

14. Why does Leif deny Thorgunna what she asks of him?
(a) She had too many kinsmen who would disapprove of his abducting her and hunt him.
(b) He doesn't think it will be possible.
(c) He does not want to antagonize Eirik.
(d) She is too unwell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the marriage of Gudrid and Thorstein Eriksson received by their families?

2. What does Thorgunna ask of Leif?

3. How many ships and men travel with Karlsefni to Greenland?

4. Why does Eirik get depressed as Christmas draws near when he has guests staying at Brattahlid?

5. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?

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