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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the members of the large caravan, who had decided to settle close to Spring Creek, come to Per Hansa's farm?
(a) To borrow farming equipment.
(b) To demand he leave the settlement.
(c) To buy potatoes.
(d) To sell some whiskey.

2. Who is the first to notice that the cows have gone missing after the men arrive home from town?
(a) Sorine.
(b) Kjersti.
(c) Per Hansa.
(d) Sam Solum.

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

4. Where does Per Hansa tell Hans Olsa he will go to look for the cows?
(a) To Sioux Falls.
(b) To the creek.
(c) To the Sioux River.
(d) To the Indian settlement.

5. Where does Per Hansa plan on getting wood for the roof of his house?
(a) Wal-mart.
(b) The Sioux River.
(c) Spring Creek.
(d) The Black Hills Forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Tonseten's wife?

2. What is the name on the stake that Per Hansa finds in the ground at Hans Olsa's southwest corner?

3. What task does Per Hansa give to Ola when he returns from town in Book 1, Chapter 5?

4. Who says, "The guilty will receive their punishment in the end"?

5. Who gives the new Norwegian settlers a tour of Spring Creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Per Hansa find towards the end of Book 1, Chapter 1? Why is it important and what does it mean for the family?

2. What do the settlers do to try to help Hans Olsa when he is on his death bed?

3. How does the first group of visitors, strangers passing through on their way to settle further west, to the Spring Creek Settlement affect the settlers of Spring Creek?

4. Describe what is happening when the locusts come to the settlement. What is the reaction of the settlers?

5. What business proposition does Torkel Tallaksen present to Per Hansa? What is Per Hansa's response?

6. What are the effects of the winter of 1880-1881 on the settlement at Spring Creek?

7. What happens to the cows of the settlement toward the end of Book 1, Chapter 3? What is the reaction of the settlers?

8. How does Beret come to attack her boys with a switch in Book 1, Chapter 5? How do they react and what do they tell their father about the source of the red welts left by the switch?

9. Describe the Hansa family's caravan.

10. What happens to the Irish frontiersmen after their fight with the settlers of Spring Creek over the land?

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