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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Leif and his men find on the return trip to Greenland?
(a) A group of people stranded on a reef.
(b) An abandoned ship they manage to take home as well.
(c) Another large and bountiful island.
(d) A strong current that makes the trip fast and easy.

2. What is the result of the trouble the slaves started?
(a) The neighbors kill Eirik's slaves.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Eirik is banished from Haukedale.
(d) Eirik kills some men.

3. What does Thorvald die of?
(a) A wound in his armpit.
(b) He is murdered by a shipmate.
(c) A serious illness.
(d) A fall onto rocks.

4. How do Thorstein and much of his crew die?
(a) Disease.
(b) Thirst while they are lost at sea.
(c) In a shipwreck.
(d) In a skirmish with the natives of Vinland.

5. What scares the natives the first time they appear?
(a) The sight of a whale being butchered.
(b) The weapons displayed by the men.
(c) The men shout and chase them.
(d) The bellowing of the bull.

6. Where do the brothers stay when they arrive in Vinland?
(a) In a house they build farther inland.
(b) In Leif's houses.
(c) All cramped inside the smallest of Leif's houses.
(d) On their ship.

7. What do Leif and his men notice about the days on this new land compared to Greenland or Iceland?
(a) They were louder with sounds of wildlife.
(b) The skies were clearer.
(c) They reached higher temperatures.
(d) They are of more even length.

8. Where do Thorvald and his men moor the boat and wander on shore?
(a) A beautiful, heavily wooded area.
(b) A beautiful place Thorvald said he would like to make his home.
(c) On a promontory between two fjords.
(d) All of the above.

9. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?
(a) Fight.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Trade.
(d) Attempt to communicate.

10. Which of the following best describes Bjarni?
(a) A merchant.
(b) A man of wealth and reputation.
(c) The son of Herjolf Bardarson
(d) All of the above.

11. What causes a fight between Eirik and Thorgest?
(a) They both felt they should be clan leader.
(b) Bench-boards.
(c) Eirik proposes to Thorgest's sister.
(d) Thorgest's wife.

12. What does Bjarni do when he hears Herjolf has moved to Greenland?
(a) Prepares a mass emigration to follow.
(b) Takes men to bring him back to Iceland.
(c) Immediately sets off there in his ship.
(d) Assumes his rank and position in Iceland.

13. What happens after the fight with Thorgest?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Thorgest scours the country looking for Eirik.
(c) Eirik is sentenced to outlawry.
(d) Eirik hides and then flees the island.

14. What does Herjolf take with him when he emigrates to Greenland?
(a) A plague.
(b) Many boats of goods.
(c) A Christian.
(d) Weapons.

15. Who accompanies Thorstein and his men to Vinland?
(a) A Christian missionary.
(b) Gudrid, Thorstein's wife.
(c) All of the above.
(d) An embassador from Earl Eirik.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Bjarni to lose his bearings at sea?

2. How do Thorstein and his men spend the summer?

3. What does Freydis ask of one of the brothers?

4. What does Aud do to the men that she brings to Iceland?

5. What does Aud have erected at Kross Hills?

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