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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 is Einar?
(a) A very wealthy but mean man.
(b) Gudrid's foster father.
(c) The local cheiftan.
(d) A successful sea going trader.

2. What is Thorbjorn's reaction when he hears of the potential match for Gudrid?
(a) He ponders carefully but decides he can do better.
(b) He laughs heartily.
(c) He threatens to kill Einar.
(d) He is offended.

3. What do Karlsefni and his men first see on the opposite side of a clearing?
(a) A fog.
(b) An unidentifiable shape.
(c) Something glittering.
(d) Smoke.

4. What is morale like the last Winter in Vinland?
(a) Fights keep breaking out.
(b) Everyone is depressed at losing Thorvald.
(c) Sad to be leaving this rich land.
(d) Worried about the other ship and Thorhall.

5. What happens with the uniped after Thorvald dies?
(a) One of the men wounds it and it dives into the water.
(b) Karlsefni and his men kill it.
(c) Karlsefni and his men chase it up North, but lose it.
(d) It vanishes in a fog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?

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

3. Who gives Gudrid the prophecy about her future?

4. How were the men split between Karlsefni and Thorhall?

5. What do Haki and Hekja come back with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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. Describe Thorhall and explain why he is on the expedition to Vinland.

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

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

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

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