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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Henry Solum conduct his school?
(a) The location rotates among the houses.
(b) From his brother Sam's house.
(c) Henry Solum does not teach school.
(d) From Per Hansa's house always.

4. What type of meat do the Hansas share with their neighbors?
(a) Bear.
(b) Moose.
(c) Deer.
(d) Duck.

5. Which of the following best describes Beret in the final chapter?
(a) Moderately crazy.
(b) Intensely pious.
(c) Near death.
(d) Totally insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beret prepare for her husband before he sets off on his journey?

2. What does the final chapter of the book open with?

3. How long do the locusts plague the settlers?

4. What does Sorine do when Hans Olsa returns home during the snowstorm?

5. What does Per Hansa think his wife's strange behavior is caused by?

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