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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Freydis?
(a) The first victim of the plague.
(b) The wife of Herjolf.
(c) The arrogant daughter of Eirik the Red.
(d) A seer and a witch.

2. What do Leif and his crew decide to do regarding their discovery of this land?
(a) Leave part of the crew to explore while the other part returns to Greenland to report.
(b) Build houses, spend the winter, and explore.
(c) Name it after Earl Eirik.
(d) Take samples of the resources and return to Greenland.

3. What do the settlers end up trading to the natives?
(a) Milk.
(b) Axes.
(c) Metal knives.
(d) Woven blankets.

4. Where does the search party find Tyrkir?
(a) Asleep after gorging on grapes.
(b) None of the above.
(c) In a lush undiscovered valley.
(d) On his way back, not far from the houses.

5. What does Eirik do when he finds Greenland?
(a) Declares the land uninhabitable.
(b) Decides to find land farther west.
(c) Explores it and name places for three years.
(d) Returns immediately to Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men and ships return to Vinland with Thorvald?

2. What scares the natives the first time they appear?

3. Leif names the second land that he and his crew land on after a natural resource on it. What resource is this?

4. Who gives the prophecy about Gudrid?

5. What happens when Eirik requests his possessions back from Thorgest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain who Aud brings to Iceland with her, who they were, and what happened once they arrived in Iceland.

2. Describe the circumstances of Bjarni's discovery of new lands to the west.

3. How do Leif and his men find grapes? Describe the incident.

4. Describe the land that Thorvald and his men reported seeing all up and down the coast.

5. Who is Thorir and what happens to him?

6. Explain the entire affair of Eirik and the bench-boards.

7. Describe the events surrounding Thorstein's death.

8. How does Leif become aware of Freydis' behavior on Vinland and what does he do about it?

9. How long does Thorvald spend in Vinland, and what are his primary activities while he is there? Give details.

10. What happens between the natives and Thorvald and his crew? Describe the encounter.

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