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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 dispute arises between Thorhall and Karlsefni?
(a) A religious dispute.
(b) Thorhall claims Karlsefni is unjust and greedy.
(c) Thorhall wanted to explore north, but Karlsefni thought they should sail south.
(d) None of the above.

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

3. What does the king of Norway ask Leif to do upon his return to Greenland?
(a) Act as his embassador to Greenland.
(b) Claim Vinland for Norway.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Spread Christianity.

4. What kills many people while Thorstein and Gudrid are in Lysufjord?
(a) Starvation.
(b) A disease.
(c) A terrible storm.
(d) Cold.

5. What do Haki and Hekja come back with?
(a) A skin of fresh water.
(b) Arrowheads and pottery.
(c) Grapes and wild wheat.
(d) Reports of a great bay.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the natives have an use that impresses Karlsefni and his men?

3. What happens with the uniped after Thorvald dies?

4. What do the natives most seem to want from the expedition?

5. Where do Karlsefni and his men spend the next winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain the affair of the Christmas feast, and what secondary function the Christmas feast ended up serving.

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

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

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

10. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

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