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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. Who speaks to Bjarni when Bjarni gets on the life boat?
(a) A nobleman.
(b) A scared little girl.
(c) A young Icelander who had traveled with Bjarni.
(d) The mother of three small children.

2. What does the uniped do when it sees Karlsefni and the men?
(a) Dives into the water.
(b) Dresses itself in armor.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Comes bounding towards them.

3. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?
(a) They jointly own a farm there with another Thorstein.
(b) They were banished from the other settlement.
(c) They are trying to reach Vinland.
(d) To escape the wrath of their fathers.

4. Where does Thorhall end up?
(a) Enslaved in Ireland.
(b) He fled to the interior and was never seen again.
(c) Perished at sea.
(d) He stayed at the native settlement they had seen from a distance.

5. Why does Gudrid not want to help Thorbjorg?
(a) She is shy.
(b) Thorbjorg scares her.
(c) She considers the work beneath her.
(d) Because she is a Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gudrid do for Thorbjorg?

2. What does the glittering thing turn out to be?

3. What does Leif find in Vinland?

4. What do Karlsefni and his men see from their ship that make them think they have traveled as far from Straumfjord this way as they had the other way?

5. What happens on the trip to Greenland?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prophecy does Gudrid hear about her future? Who tells her this future?

2. What kind of place to Karlsefni and his men settle in for their stay in Vinland?

3. Describe Thorbjorn's trip to Greenland. Include who he is with and what happens.

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

5. What happens to those that stay in Bjarni's ship and those that leave in the small boat?

6. Describe the first two encounters that Karlsefni and his men have with the natives.

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

8. What happens with the whale? Why do people refuse to eat it?

9. Explain the interchange between Bjarni and the young Icelander. What are the circumstances and what is the result?

10. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

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