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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. Why does Thorstein wish to return to Vinland?
(a) To acquire a stock of lumber.
(b) To make more wine from the grapes.
(c) To fetch Thorvald's body.
(d) None of the above.

2. Who are the parents of Thorstein the Red?
(a) The Invisible People.
(b) Eirik the Red and Thurid.
(c) Aud and Olaf the White.
(d) Thurid and Olaf the White.

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

4. What do Leif and his crew do when their ship becomes grounded at low tide near the shore of a new land?
(a) Impatiently run ashore to explore.
(b) Remove supplies and abandon the boat.
(c) Observe the land from a distance until high tide returned.
(d) Dig a trench to float the boat.

5. What does Aud have erected at Kross Hills?
(a) A shrine to the ancient gods.
(b) A small cottage for her to live in.
(c) A statue of her son.
(d) Crosses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following most accurately describes the descendants of Karlsefni and Gudrid?

2. Who does Bjarni travel to see "some time later" after sighting the land to the west?

3. What reception does Karlsefni receive in Norway?

4. What scares the natives the first time they appear?

5. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the saga of Gudrid's Ancestry tell us about Aud's faith and what she does to practice it?

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

3. Why is Bjarni away when his father emigrates to Greenland?

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

5. How long does Thorvald spend in Vinland, and what are his primary activities while he is there? Give details.

6. What strategy do Leif and his men employ to explore the area around them on this new shore?

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

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

9. Describe the descendants of Karlsefni and Gudrid.

10. What happens to Thorstein and his crew when they set sail for Vinland? Where do they end up spending the winter?

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