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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Thorbjorg tell Gudrid?
(a) She will start and great and eminent family line.
(b) All of the above.
(c) She will make a distinguished marriage that will not last long.
(d) Her paths all lead to Iceland.

2. What do the natives have an use that impresses Karlsefni and his men?
(a) Arrowheads.
(b) A catapult like weapon.
(c) Great skill in hunting.
(d) Dog sleds.

3. What does Eirik offer the traders in return for their generosity?
(a) To stay the winter at Brattahlid.
(b) Gudrid's hand in marriage.
(c) Land near his home in Greenland.
(d) His sons as fellow voyagers.

4. What does Thorgunna ask of Leif?
(a) To share the fortune he makes.
(b) To stay in the Hebrides with her.
(c) To return with him to Greenland.
(d) To spread Christianity.

5. How many people could fit in the small boat they had?
(a) All of them, but then no food or water.
(b) Half the people on board.
(c) All but ten.
(d) Only about ten.

6. Who does Karsefni and his crew pick up on their way home?
(a) Two native boys.
(b) The body of Thorvald.
(c) Some men that abandoned Thorhall when he left to sail home.
(d) Wrecked sailors.

7. What does the uniped do when it sees Karlsefni and the men?
(a) Comes bounding towards them.
(b) Dresses itself in armor.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Dives into the water.

8. How does Bjarni choose who gets to go in the life boat?
(a) By age.
(b) By size.
(c) By lottery.
(d) By rank.

9. Where do Karlsefni and his men spend the next winter?
(a) On the ship.
(b) At an abandoned native settlement.
(c) In houses they build near the lake.
(d) In the houses Leif built.

10. Who goes on the next exploration of Vinland in Eirik's saga?
(a) Thorgunna and Thorstein Eiriksson.
(b) Thorstein and Leif.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Thorstein Eiriksson and Eirik the Red.

11. Where does Thorstein's ship next put in to land after it leaves Eiriksfjord?
(a) Eiriksfjord.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Vinland.
(d) Norway.

12. What happens on the trip to Greenland?
(a) The death of Orm and his wife.
(b) Disease.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) All of the above.

13. What does Sigrid see in her vision?
(a) A line of corpses outside the house.
(b) The corpses of herself and Thorstein Eriksson.
(c) Gardi trying to flog others with a whip.
(d) All of the above.

14. What makes Karlsefni decide to leave Vinland?
(a) They have enough supplies to make them rich.
(b) The group has lost too many men.
(c) He realizes a settlement will never have peace from the natives.
(d) Gudrid misses the people at Brattahlid.

15. What is found in abundance on the island near Straumfjord?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Salt.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Einar?

2. Why does Karlsefni decide to go to Vinland?

3. How were the men split between Karlsefni and Thorhall?

4. Where does Thorhall announce he wants to go as he hoists the sail to part company with Karlsefni?

5. What is the nature of the Christmas feast Eirik the Red served Karlsefni and company?

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