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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 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?
(a) The stars are the same.
(b) They see smoke from the settlement.
(c) The same range of mountains they saw from Hope.
(d) None of the above.

2. What does Thorbjorg tell Gudrid?
(a) Her paths all lead to Iceland.
(b) She will make a distinguished marriage that will not last long.
(c) She will start and great and eminent family line.
(d) All of the above.

3. How many ships and men travel with Karlsefni to Greenland?
(a) One ship with a bare skeleton crew.
(b) Two ships with about forty men on each.
(c) Twenty heavily laden ships.
(d) One ship loaded with almost one hundred men.

4. What does Thorgunna send to Leif in Greenland?
(a) Three ships.
(b) A cross.
(c) A fortune in cloth.
(d) His son.

5. Where does Thorstein's ship next put in to land after it leaves Eiriksfjord?
(a) Eiriksfjord.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Vinland.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens with the uniped after Thorvald dies?

2. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?

3. What takes Thorstein Eriksson and Gudrid to Lysufjord?

4. What does Leif find on his way home from Vinland?

5. Who speaks to Bjarni when Bjarni gets on the life boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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