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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the minister think about Peder Seier's name?
(a) It is a bad name.
(b) It is a glorious name.
(c) It is a silly name.
(d) It is a blasphemous name.

2. What does Per Hansa name his new baby?
(a) Hans Per.
(b) Kristian Seier.
(c) Hans Peder.
(d) Peder Seier.

3. Where does Per Hansa go to sell the furs that he buys at the Indian settlement?
(a) Iowa.
(b) North Dakota.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Minnesota.

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

5. Why do Per Hansa and his sons sift through the seed before they plant them?
(a) To remove any rocks that may have mixed in.
(b) To remove any bad seeds.
(c) To let some air into the seed bags.
(d) To make sure they are all the same kind.

6. In which direction is Per looking when he dies?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) West.

7. In what years does the winter snow fall from mid-October to mid-April?
(a) 1864-1864.
(b) 1880-1881.
(c) 1800-1801.
(d) 1980-1981.

8. What does Sorine do when Hans Olsa returns home during the snowstorm?
(a) Bundles him off to bed.
(b) Scolds him for staying out late.
(c) Puts him in the bathtub.
(d) Gets him some soup.

9. Who comes to compliment Per Hansa on his wise decision to plant early?
(a) Tonseten.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Torkel Tallaksen.
(d) Henry Solum.

10. Where is Per Hansa headed to look for the minister?
(a) The Spring Creek settlement.
(b) Worthington.
(c) Sioux Falls.
(d) The James River settlement.

11. Whose house does the minister arrive at first?
(a) Hans Olsa's.
(b) Per Hansa's.
(c) Torkel Tallaksen's.
(d) Tonseten's.

12. When do the men realize they must make a trip for more wood in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) June.
(b) January.
(c) February.
(d) October.

13. Tonseten says that the settlers should take names that reflect what?
(a) Their new settlement.
(b) Their Norwegian heritage.
(c) Their occupations.
(d) Their personalities.

14. Who teaches Per Hansa how to fish?
(a) The Tronders.
(b) Hans Olsa.
(c) Tonseten.
(d) The Hallings.

15. What does Per Hansa find when he goes to check on Beret after harvesting the wheat?
(a) She has made a large supper.
(b) She has run away with the children.
(c) She has burned the house down.
(d) She has barricaded the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the snow first fall on the settlement at Spring Creek?

2. What does Per Hansa consider doing while Beret is in labor?

3. What do the neighbors liken the whitewashed walls of his house to?

4. Per Hansa thinks that his wife is too _______ for a pregnant woman.

5. What does Store-Hans ask Per after the minister's first service?

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