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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Per Hansa?
2. What type of injury does the sick Indian have?
3. Why do the members of the large caravan, who had decided to settle close to Spring Creek, come to Per Hansa's farm?
4. What is Tonseten's problem with Per Hansa's house as he is building it?
5. Who tells Beret about the argument between the settlers of Spring Creek and the men of the large caravan?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Beret begin packing up the family's possessions in a trunk while Per Hansa is away at town in Book 1, Chapter 5?
2. What business proposition does Torkel Tallaksen present to Per Hansa? What is Per Hansa's response?
3. In Book 1, Chapter 4, Per Hansa is surveying his property and finds wooden stakes in the ground. Where does Per find the stakes, what do they mean, and how does he react to this discovery?
4. Why is Beret so afraid when Per Hansa leaves the settlement to go on trips?
5. Describe what happens to Per Hansa when he decides to go on a trip with the men using his oxen and gets lost in a blizzard.
6. Describe the Hansa family.
7. How does Per Hansa die? In what position is he found?
8. What are the effects of the winter of 1880-1881 on the settlement at Spring Creek?
9. What is Beret Hansa's emotional/mental state in Book 1, Chapter 1 of the novel? Why?
10. Why does Per Hansa go to the Indian camp in Book 1, Chapter 3? What does he discover once he gets there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the place of the children in the novel and in pioneer life. We often see in the novel that Per Hansa employs his sons to help promote the family dream. How are the children treated in the novel? How do their characters develop throughout the novel? How would a family with children be more successful as opposed to a family consisting of only a husband and wife? Provide examples.
Essay Topic 2
Pick one of the more minor characters in the novel and discuss their character and personality and the way it affects other characters and their place in the community. You can pick from: Tonseten, Kjersti, Sorine, Hans Olsa, or one of the Solum boys. How does this character find his/her place in the community? What is his/her role in the development of the community? Explain using examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the dynamic of husbands and wives in the novel and in pioneer life. How is this dynamic present among the settlers in Spring Creek? What is the relationship between Per Hansa and Beret? Hans Olsa and Sorine? Tonseten and Kjersti? How do these relationships differ? Which of these relationships do you think is the best. Explain using examples from the book.
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