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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Chapter 2 The Power of Evil in High Places.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman who was tied up when she came to Spring Creek try to do in the middle of the night?
(a) She runs away with Hans Olsa.
(b) She tries to steal Per Hansa's gun.
(c) She tries to steal And-Ongen.
(d) She tries to burn the sod house down.

2. What day is it when Ola and Store-Hans come to tell their father that the seeds have sprouted?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

3. A couple arrives at Spring Creek and the woman is tied up in the wagon. What has happened to them?
(a) The woman has tried to kill the man.
(b) The man has kidnapped the woman.
(c) The woman is a thief being transported to jail.
(d) Their youngest child has died.

4. What does Torkel Tallaksen want to build?
(a) A church.
(b) Spring Creek's first store.
(c) A large barn.
(d) A wooden house.

5. What happens two days after Per Hansa plants his wheat crop?
(a) There is a flood.
(b) A blizzard hits.
(c) Beret dies.
(d) He realizes he has planted the wrong seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the settlers celebrate the safe return of the men from town?

2. How many men are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?

3. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?

4. Who becomes frustrated at Per Hansa's refusal to harvest the wheat when others tell him it is time?

5. Where does Per Hansa tell Hans Olsa he will go to look for the cows?

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