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

2. How does Thorbjorn announce his departure to Greenland?
(a) He doesn't. He just leaves.
(b) By having his good friends spread the word.
(c) At a feast he throws for all his friends.
(d) At a town meeting.

3. Where do Karlsefni and his men spend the next winter?
(a) In the houses Leif built.
(b) At an abandoned native settlement.
(c) On the ship.
(d) In houses they build near the lake.

4. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?
(a) Her humor.
(b) Her height.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her intelligence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the uniped do to Thorvald?

2. How many people could fit in the small boat they had?

3. Who is Einar?

4. Who is Thorgunna?

5. Why does Leif travel to the Hebrides?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Sigrid's vision, including where she was when she had it and the three individuals in her vision she identifies.

2. How does Freydis drive away the natives giving chase?

3. How do Leif's parents, Eirik the Red and Thjodhild, take to Christianity?

4. What does the corpse of Thorstein Eriksson say about the dead? What do the people do after hearing it?

5. What are the first impressions that Karlsefni and Eirik the Red make on each other? How do they do this?

6. How does a fight break out between Karlsefni's men and the natives? Describe the sequence of events leading up to Karlsefni and his men fleeing.

7. How do Haki and Hekja come to be on the expedition to Vinland? Where are they from?

8. How and why does Einar pursue Gudrid in marriage?

9. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

10. What interaction do Gudrid and Thorbjorg have together?

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