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

2. What does Leif do when he hears rumors about what happened in Vinland.
(a) Torture three of Freydis's men until he learns the truth.
(b) Confront Freydis and demand the truth.
(c) Ignore the rumors.
(d) Travel to Vinland to determine the truth.

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

4. What was the land like that Thorvald and his men see to the west?
(a) Uninhabited.
(b) Attractive and forested.
(c) White sandy beaches and many islands.
(d) All of the above.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Thorvald and his men do with the natives they encounter?

2. What does Freydis tell people in Greenland happened to the brothers?

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

4. What were the characteristics of the first land that Leif and his crew land on?

5. What is the land like that Bjarni sees first?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Karlsefni and Gudrid travel? What becomes of them?

2. What does the saga of Gudrid's Ancestry tell us about Aud's faith and what she does to practice it?

3. What does the prophecy told to Gudrid tell her about her future?

4. What does Eirik do when he reaches Greenland? How long?

5. What strategy do Leif and his men employ to explore the area around them on this new shore?

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

7. Why is Bjarni away when his father emigrates to Greenland?

8. Describe the descendants of Karlsefni and Gudrid.

9. Why was Bjarni determined to reach Greenland? What did he do there when he did?

10. How did Eirik know to look for Greenland? What did he do when he found it?

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