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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 is Thorbjorn not in the house during Thorbjorg's visit?
(a) He would not stay to see such pagan practices.
(b) He is arranging Gudrid's marriage.
(c) He is hunting.
(d) He is afraid of Thorbjorg.

2. What does Thorgunna ask of Leif?
(a) To stay in the Hebrides with her.
(b) To return with him to Greenland.
(c) To share the fortune he makes.
(d) To spread Christianity.

3. Which of the following best describes the clothes of the prophetess Thorbjorg?
(a) Tattered and loose fitting.
(b) Sparse and simple.
(c) Practical and common.
(d) Elaborate and ornate.

4. What does Eirik offer the traders in return for their generosity?
(a) To stay the winter at Brattahlid.
(b) Land near his home in Greenland.
(c) His sons as fellow voyagers.
(d) Gudrid's hand in marriage.

5. What does Leif find on his way home from Vinland?
(a) A dead whale floating at sea.
(b) An abandoned ship at sea.
(c) Shipwrecked seamen.
(d) A new bay on Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thorbjorg do for Gudrid?

2. What do Karlsefni and his men find when they stop for a fortnight when they sail south?

3. What do Karlsefni and his men see when they are stopped at the lake?

4. Who travels with Thorbjorn to Greenland?

5. What caused Bjarni Grimolfsson's ship to sink?

Short Essay Questions

1. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

2. 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.

3. Explain why the small boat on Bjarni's ship would not sink while the large one was about to.

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

5. What interaction do Gudrid and Thorbjorg have together?

6. What is the relationship between Thorbjorn and Orm? How does it change with events?

7. What does Eirik the Red do upon departing for Vinland that he suspects causes him to fall off his horse? What does he do to resolve it?

8. How does Karlsefni's mother feel about Gudrid when she meets her and how does that change over time?

9. Summarize the part Thorhall plays in the expedition to Vinland, including how it ends for both him and Karlsefni.

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

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