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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 causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?
(a) Thorgest's wife.
(b) Eirik proposes to Thorgest's sister.
(c) They both felt they should be clan leader.
(d) Bench-boards.

2. What happens when Eirik requests his possessions back from Thorgest?
(a) Two of Thorgest's sons and several other men were killed.
(b) All of the above.
(c) A fight broke out.
(d) Eirik went to get them when they were not returned.

3. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?
(a) Asleep after gorging on grapes.
(b) In a lush undiscovered valley.
(c) On his way back, not far from the houses.
(d) None of the above.

4. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?
(a) Attempt to communicate.
(b) Fight.
(c) Trade.
(d) All of the above.

5. Who is Thorvald?
(a) The discoverer of Greenland.
(b) The father of Eirik the Red.
(c) The king.
(d) The brother of Eirik the Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the men bury Thorvald?

2. What men come with Aud to Iceland?

3. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?

4. What do Eirik's slaves do that caused problems?

5. What is Iceland like when Eirik the Red arrives there?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between the natives and Thorvald and his crew? Describe the encounter.

2. How did Eirik know to look for Greenland? What did he do when he found it?

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

4. Describe the woman that Gudrid sees and the discourse between them.

5. Explain what happened to Aud's husband and son.

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the land that Thorvald and his men reported seeing all up and down the coast.

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