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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Beret tell Per Hansa that it does no good to cry?
(a) It will make everyone else upset too.
(b) It will set a bad example for the children.
(c) There is no one in the place to hear him.
(d) Crying doesn't accomplish anything.

2. Who does Hans Olsa ask Per Hansa to bring to him before he dies?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The minister.
(c) Sofie.
(d) Tonseten.

3. Which of the following is NOT something that Per Hansa tells Torkel Tallaksen to invest his money in?
(a) Cattle.
(b) Machinery.
(c) Horses.
(d) Fish nets.

4. How long do the locusts plague the settlers?
(a) Six years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) One year.

5. Where does Hans Olsa decide to spend the night so that he doesn't get lost in the snowstorm in Book 2, Chapter 4?
(a) In the shed with the cattle.
(b) Down by Spring Creek.
(c) At Per Hansa's house.
(d) With Tonseten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beret call the blizzards?

2. What does Per Hansa do after he returns home from the Hallings?

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

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

5. What activity do Per Hansa and his boys engage in for three days to prepare for winter?

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