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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. What is the name of the Hansa's cow?
2. In Book 1, Chapter 1, what is the family doing?
3. What kind of food does the Hansa family have to eat every night?
4. How many children are in the Hansa family?
5. Where does Per Hansa plan on getting wood for the roof of his house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Hans Olsa in the final chapter of the book?
2. What is Beret Hansa's emotional/mental state in Book 1, Chapter 1 of the novel? Why?
3. After the locusts first come and the men finish plowing the fields, Per goes to check on Beret to see how she has fared during the attack. What does he find when he returns home and how does he react?
4. What do Hans Olsa, Tonseten and Harry Solum bring back from their trip to town? What is the atmosphere of the settlement when the men return?
5. What does Per Hansa notice about his wife in Book 1, Chapter 6? What does he think causes it and what does he try to do about it?
6. Why does Per Hansa take a trip to the Sioux River? What does he bring back with him?
7. Who goes to look for the cattle? What happens when this character returns?
8. How does Beret change in the last chapter of the book?
9. Describe the Hansa family.
10. What does Per Hansa do with the wooden stakes that he discovers? Why? What accounts for the change in Per's demeanor during this time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Beret Hansa goes through many ups and downs and her emotional struggle is up front for the reader to experience all through the novel. Discuss Beret's emotional state. How does it change? What prompts her depression? How do her emotion stir her actions? How does her emotional state affect the other members of the community? Where is she emotionally by the end of the novel? Provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
The theme or struggle of man versus man is also present in the novel usually involving the men in the settlement versus men outside the settlement, but there are also struggles within the settlement as well. Discuss the struggles within the novel. How do the men deal with these struggles and how do they get past them? What lessons are learned through these struggles and how do they affect the settlement? Explain using examples.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's success in realistically displaying pioneer life in the mid 1800s. Are there any parts of pioneer life that the author did not discuss? What does this novel teach us about the trials of pioneer life? What do the characters teach us about the value of life and following our dreams?
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