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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 travels with Thorbjorn to Greenland?
(a) Three entire ships of people.
(b) Einar.
(c) No one but Gudrid and his slaves.
(d) About thrity friends.

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

3. What does this speaker ask of Bjarni?
(a) To show mercy to the children.
(b) To trade places.
(c) To assume his/her responsibilities.
(d) To notify his/her family.

4. Why is Thorbjorg invited to the feast at Herjolfsness.
(a) To bless the food.
(b) Because she is very popular.
(c) To arrange matches.
(d) To determine when the famine would end.

5. What does Gudrid do for Thorbjorg?
(a) Encourage people to attend.
(b) Help set up her tools.
(c) Sing.
(d) Dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Thorhall?

2. What happens with the uniped after Thorvald dies?

3. What do Haki and Hekja come back with?

4. Why did Thorhall go on the expedition to Vinland?

5. How many ships and men travel with Karlsefni to Greenland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

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

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

6. 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?

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

8. What interaction do Gudrid and Thorbjorg have together?

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

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

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