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

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

3. Why did Thorhall go on the expedition to Vinland?
(a) To protect Eirik's son Thorvald.
(b) Eirik no longer wanted him in Greenland.
(c) He had considerable experience in wild regions.
(d) Karlsefni invited him along for his hunting skills.

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

5. Who were Haki and Hekja?
(a) Icelandic friends of Karlsefni's.
(b) Two sailors who were also good runners.
(c) Two Scots given to Leif by the king of Norway.
(d) Boys who had been raised at Brattahlid.

Short Answer 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?

2. How does Bjarni choose who gets to go in the life boat?

3. What washes up on the shore over the winter when they are hungry?

4. What is Karlsefni's mother's first impression of Gudrid?

5. What do Karlsefni and his natives do with the natives the second time they get visited?

Short Essay Questions

1. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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