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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the spokesmen between the men of the large caravan and the settlers of Spring Creek?
(a) Hans Olsa and Harry Solum.
(b) Sam Solum and Per Hansa.
(c) Hans Olsa and Tonseten.
(d) Tonseten and Harry Solum.

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

3. What is the name of the Hansa's cow?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Anna.
(d) Helga.

4. Who finds the ducks on the prairie?
(a) Per Hansa and Hans Olsa.
(b) Beret and Kjersti.
(c) Store-Hans and Ola.
(d) And-Ongen and Store-Hans.

5. How do the settlers celebrate the safe return of the men from town?
(a) Drink liquor.
(b) Exchange gifts.
(c) Have a big dinner.
(d) Dance.

6. Who is Per Hansa?
(a) The main family's oldest child.
(b) The main female character of the book.
(c) The main male character of the book.
(d) A shopkeeper who helps the family with supplies.

7. Who in Per Hansa's family believes the family should travel back east for the winter?
(a) Store-Hans.
(b) Beret.
(c) Ola.
(d) Per Hansa.

8. What does Per Hansa ask the Indians for?
(a) Horses.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Food.
(d) Whiskey.

9. Where are the four men, the first small caravan to visit the settlement, from?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Iowa.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Michigan.

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

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

12. Why do the men have to take a trip to town in the beginning of Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) To replenish the food supply.
(b) To buy more seeds.
(c) To get people to join the settlement.
(d) To gather wood.

13. Who is the interpreter in the conversation between the men of the large caravan and the settlers of Spring Creek?
(a) Kjersti.
(b) Beret.
(c) Per Hansa.
(d) Sam Solum.

14. What is the name of Kjersti's cow?
(a) Honey.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Brindlesides.
(d) Patches.

15. Who is the only person in the settlement who seems upset about what Per Hansa did with the stakes?
(a) Hans Olsa.
(b) Sorine.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) Beret.

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. How old is Hans Olsa's daughter?

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Tonseten?

4. Where do the boys tell Per Hansa that the red welts on their bodies came from?

5. What does Per Hansa find on his plot of land when he first goes to inspect it?

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