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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Thorvald and Eirik do because "of some killings" in Jaederen?
(a) Seek the protection of the king.
(b) Move to Iceland.
(c) Make weapons.
(d) Join a large and powerful clan.

2. What does Eirik lend to Thorgest?
(a) His sword.
(b) Slaves.
(c) A ship.
(d) Bench-boards.

3. Where do the brothers stay when they arrive in Vinland?
(a) In Leif's houses.
(b) On their ship.
(c) In a house they build farther inland.
(d) All cramped inside the smallest of Leif's houses.

4. What does Gudrid see that no one else sees?
(a) A vision into the future.
(b) More natives gathering in the distance.
(c) The ghost of her husband Thorstein.
(d) A chestnut haired woman in a close fitting tunic.

5. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?
(a) The skies were clearer.
(b) They were louder with sounds of wildlife.
(c) They reached higher temperatures.
(d) They are of more even length.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Eirik and Thorvald leave Norway?

2. Who are the parents of Thorstein the Red?

3. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?

4. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?

5. How do Thorstein and his men spend the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of person is Freydis? Give examples.

2. Describe how Eirik the Red felt about the possibility of joining Leif's exploration crew and why he did not.

3. Explain why Eirik chose the name Greenland.

4. What does Eirik do when he reaches Greenland? How long?

5. Describe the events surrounding Thorstein's death.

6. Describe the interactions the settlers have with the natives.

7. Why was Bjarni determined to reach Greenland? What did he do there when he did?

8. What does the prophecy told to Gudrid tell her about her future?

9. Explain the entire affair of Eirik and the bench-boards.

10. Describe what happens as Leif and his crew try to approach the shore of the mainland.

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