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

2. What trouble is there with with Sigrid's corpse?
(a) It keeps trying to get into bed with Thorstein Eriksson.
(b) It kept telling false prophecies.
(c) It smelled terrible in the small house.
(d) It was too large.

3. Who gives Gudrid the prophecy about her future?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) The corpse of Sigrid.
(c) A prophetess in a dream.
(d) The overseer.

4. What do Karsefni and his crew learn about the natives?
(a) They had two kings, Avaldamon and Valdidida.
(b) They knew of a land of Europeans.
(c) All of the above.
(d) They lived in caves or holes in the ground.

5. Where does Thorhall announce he wants to go as he hoists the sail to part company with Karlsefni?
(a) Ireland.
(b) To claim the best land as his own.
(c) Into the wilderness and away from the Christians.
(d) Back to their countrymen at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Karlsefni decide to go to Vinland?

2. What happens when Karlsefni and his men meet the natives?

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

4. What is the woman Thorbjorg by trade?

5. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. When food runs scarce, Thorhall disappears for three days. How and where do Karlsefni and Bjarni find him? What does he say he was doing?

2. Describe who Thorbjorg is and what her behavior is like when she arrives at Herjolfsness.

3. What happens when a native finds an axe near one of the fallen Vikings?

4. What interaction do Gudrid and Thorbjorg have together?

5. Explain what happens during Thorstein and Eirik's trip to Vinland, and what they do for the crew at the end of it.

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

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

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

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

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

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