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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the settlers have to go to make their claim to the land official?
(a) Silver City.
(b) Des Moines.
(c) Sioux Falls.
(d) Hillside Colony.

2. What does the place where the ducks live remind Per Hansa of?
(a) The ponds in Filmore County.
(b) The swamps of New York.
(c) The bird cliffs in Finmarken.
(d) The lakes of Norway.

3. Where does Beret Hansa remember the family landed when they crossed the ocean from Norway?
(a) Providence.
(b) New York.
(c) Montreal.
(d) Quebec.

4. Why does Per Hans walk so far ahead of the caravan?
(a) He doesn't like his family.
(b) He has a lot of energy to burn off.
(c) He has to flatten the grass so the caravan can pass.
(d) He is lost and doesn't want to tell his wife.

5. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Hans Olsa's southwest corner?
(a) John Wright.
(b) H. Olsen.
(c) Joe Gill.
(d) Hansa.

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

7. What is the date on which Per Hansa receives a deed to the property he has claimed?
(a) January 26, 1903.
(b) June 21, 1892.
(c) June 6, 1873.
(d) July 4, 1776.

8. Who says, "The guilty will receive their punishment in the end"?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Per Hansa.
(c) Beret.
(d) Sam Solum.

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

10. What type of injury does the sick Indian have?
(a) A head wound.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A hand wound.
(d) A torn muscle.

11. What does Per Hansa name the pony that is given to him by the Indian chief?
(a) Patches.
(b) Injun.
(c) Rosie.
(d) Brindlesides.

12. Which of the following is NOT a type of seed that Beret brought to plant in addition to the main crop?
(a) Melons.
(b) Turnips.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Lettuce.

13. Where does the journey of the Hansa family begin?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Minnesota.

14. What is Hans Olsa doing at the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) Plowing his fields.
(b) Building a sod house.
(c) Talking to a friend.
(d) Sleeping.

15. Where does Tonseten tell the new Norwegian settlers that they can find wood?
(a) Sioux Falls.
(b) Filmore County.
(c) Spring Creek.
(d) The Sioux River.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Per Hansa do after he finds the stakes in the ground?

3. Who is Per Hansa?

4. Where is the Hansa family headed?

5. In Book 1, Chapter 1, what is the family doing?

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