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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Beret call the blizzards?
(a) Blinding.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Monster.
(d) Coldness.
2. What name does Sorine suggest that Per Hansa use as his new name?
(a) Holm.
(b) Harstad.
(c) Helm.
(d) Hans.
3. What does Sorine do when Hans Olsa returns home during the snowstorm?
(a) Bundles him off to bed.
(b) Puts him in the bathtub.
(c) Gets him some soup.
(d) Scolds him for staying out late.
4. In what month does the minister arrive to the settlement?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) December.
(d) May.
5. What does the minister say his communion Sunday sermon teaches?
(a) The evil of pride.
(b) The love of a mother.
(c) The blessings of hard work.
(d) The strength of marriage.
6. What is the name of the Irishwoman that Per Hansa fetches to help Hans Olsa?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Silly Sue.
(c) Crazy Bridget.
(d) Crazy Katie.
7. What has Per Hansa had to do because of the growth of his farm?
(a) Sell his land.
(b) Build more houses.
(c) Have more children.
(d) Hire extra hands.
8. What are the names of the couple that Tonseten married?
(a) Hans Johan and Jennie.
(b) Johannes Mostad and Josie.
(c) Kristian Peterson and Jonie.
(d) Mort Hanson and Julie.
9. How long do the locusts plague the settlers?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six years.
(d) Seven years.
10. Where is Per Hansa headed to look for the minister?
(a) Worthington.
(b) Sioux Falls.
(c) The James River settlement.
(d) The Spring Creek settlement.
11. What happens two days after Per Hansa plants his wheat crop?
(a) There is a flood.
(b) Beret dies.
(c) He realizes he has planted the wrong seeds.
(d) A blizzard hits.
12. What does Hans Olsa offer to Per Hansa after the minister leaves?
(a) To have Sorine stay with Beret.
(b) To take Peder Seier to live with them.
(c) To be the full-time minister.
(d) To take him to town for more supplies.
13. What do the neighbors liken the whitewashed walls of his house to?
(a) Ice.
(b) Bird droppings.
(c) Egg shells.
(d) Snow.
14. What day is it when Ola and Store-Hans come to tell their father that the seeds have sprouted?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.
15. What is Per Hansa clutching in his hands when they find his body?
(a) Beef jerky.
(b) Staffs.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Pictures of his kids.
Short Answer Questions
1. What day does Beret go into labor?
2. How much can Per Hansa buy furs for at the Indian settlement that sells them?
3. What are the clouds becoming to Beret as she stares into them?
4. What does Beret believe will become of herself and her baby?
5. What does Beret say living in a sod house does?
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