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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens two days after Per Hansa plants his wheat crop?
(a) There is a flood.
(b) A blizzard hits.
(c) Beret dies.
(d) He realizes he has planted the wrong seeds.

2. What rains down from the strange storm clouds as the men harvest the wheat in Book 2, Chapter 2?
(a) Snow.
(b) Hail.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Flies.

3. What does Per Hansa do after he returns home from the Hallings?
(a) Feeds the cows.
(b) Gets sick.
(c) Whitewashes the walls.
(d) Plants potatoes.

4. Who is Torkel Tallaksen?
(a) A Norwegian newcomer with money.
(b) A cousin of Tonseten's.
(c) A Swedish man selling seed.
(d) An Irish farmer with a large family.

5. What are the clouds becoming to Beret as she stares into them?
(a) A pony.
(b) The face of a monster.
(c) A scene of her homeland.
(d) Cotton balls.

6. What does Beret persuade Per Hansa to build?
(a) A chest.
(b) A cupboard.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A bed.

7. Why does Hans Olsa ultimately decide to return home during the night in the snowstorm in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) Sorine will worry if he doesn't return home.
(b) His bed is more comfortable than the hay.
(c) Sorine is making a special meal.
(d) He'd rather lose his life outside than with his cattle.

8. 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 barricaded the door.
(d) She has burned the house down.

9. What does Beret call the blizzards?
(a) Monster.
(b) Coldness.
(c) Blinding.
(d) Nightmares.

10. Why do the men think the Solum boys should teach school?
(a) Because they are good at math.
(b) Because they can't farm.
(c) Because they have the best house.
(d) Because they can speak English.

11. How does the minister react when Tonseten tells him about his transgression?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He gives him penance to perform.
(c) He scolds him.
(d) He lashes him.

12. What does Beret say living in a sod house does?
(a) Keeps the family warm at night.
(b) Ruins the family's clothing.
(c) Turns people into animals.
(d) Helps save money for the future.

13. 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.

14. How does Per Hansa react to Beret's preaching?
(a) He is very proud of her.
(b) He hangs on her every word.
(c) He does not take it seriously.
(d) He yells at her.

15. What do the neighbors liken the whitewashed walls of his house to?
(a) Ice.
(b) Egg shells.
(c) Snow.
(d) Bird droppings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protests Peder Seier being baptized by the minister?

2. In which direction is Per looking when he dies?

3. What does Hans Olsa suggest Peder become when he grows up?

4. In what years does the winter snow fall from mid-October to mid-April?

5. Where are the settlers when the question of changing their names comes up?

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