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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Per Hansa clean the sick Indian's injury?
(a) Store-Hans.
(b) Kjersti.
(c) Ole.
(d) Beret.

2. What town does Per Hansa travel to in Book 1, Chapter 5 to get supplies?
(a) Wichita.
(b) Rockford.
(c) Worthington.
(d) Sioux Falls.

3. What kind of food does the Hansa family have to eat every night?
(a) Beef.
(b) Rice.
(c) Porridge.
(d) Raisins.

4. How many wagons does the large caravan that was the second to arrive at Spring Creek consist of?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

5. Where do the settlers wait for Per Hansa to return from searching for the cows?
(a) By the creek.
(b) At Henry Solum's house.
(c) At Beret's house.
(d) At Hans Olsa's house.

6. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Kjersti.
(c) Beret.
(d) Ola.

7. How many children are in the Hansa family?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

8. Who is the author of Giants of the Earth?
(a) E. O. Hansa.
(b) R. O. Elvög.
(c) R. E. Olefsön.
(d) O. E. Rölvaag.

9. What does the name Store-Hans mean?
(a) Helpful hands.
(b) Big Hans.
(c) Little hands.
(d) Little Hans.

10. Why does Per Hansa leave the camp in the middle of the night in Book 1, Chapter 1?
(a) To get help for his sick child.
(b) To escape from the family.
(c) To search for food.
(d) To try to figure out where they are.

11. What is the name of Tonseten's wife?
(a) Kirsten.
(b) Alana.
(c) Kjersti.
(d) Freya.

12. What is Tonseten's first name?
(a) Joerund.
(b) Syvert.
(c) Hans.
(d) Hallbjorn.

13. How many men are in the first group of Norwegian settlers that come to Spring Creek?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

14. What chore does Per Hansa give to Ole while he is away at town?
(a) Mow the lawn.
(b) Hunt ducks.
(c) Chop wood.
(d) Barter for lumber.

15. What does the injured Indian give Per Hansa in exchange for helping him?
(a) A sack of flour.
(b) A pony.
(c) A cowhide.
(d) A tobacco pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that Per brings back with him in addition to lost cows that had wandered off?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Tonseten?

3. Who is the first to notice that the cows have gone missing after the men arrive home from town?

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

5. What does Beret attack her boys with?

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