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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. Why does Gudrid not want to help Thorbjorg?
(a) Because she is a Christian.
(b) She is shy.
(c) Thorbjorg scares her.
(d) She considers the work beneath her.

2. What first attracts Einar to Gudrid?
(a) Her height.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her humor.
(d) Her intelligence.

3. What does Gudrid do after Thorbjorn Vifilsson dies?
(a) Travel to Norway.
(b) Return to Iceland.
(c) Stay a Brattahlid with Eirik the Red.
(d) Go on a pilgrimage.

4. What is Thorbjorn's reaction when he hears of the potential match for Gudrid?
(a) He threatens to kill Einar.
(b) He ponders carefully but decides he can do better.
(c) He laughs heartily.
(d) He is offended.

5. How does Thorbjorn announce his departure to Greenland?
(a) He doesn't. He just leaves.
(b) At a town meeting.
(c) At a feast he throws for all his friends.
(d) By having his good friends spread the word.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leif travel to the Hebrides?

2. Who is Thorfinn Karlsfni?

3. How does Einar go about seeking the hand of Gudrid?

4. What is the woman Thorbjorg by trade?

5. When the natives return for a third time, what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Thorhall and explain why he is on the expedition to Vinland.

2. How does a fight break out between Karlsefni's men and the natives? Describe the sequence of events leading up to Karlsefni and his men fleeing.

3. What future does Thorbjorg predict for Gudrid?

4. Explain what happens during Thorstein and Eirik's trip to Vinland, and what they do for the crew at the end of it.

5. What does the corpse of Thorstein Eriksson say about the dead? What do the people do after hearing it?

6. Describe the first two encounters that Karlsefni and his men have with the natives.

7. Explain the encounter with the uniped.

8. How do Haki and Hekja come to be on the expedition to Vinland? Where are they from?

9. Explain why the small boat on Bjarni's ship would not sink while the large one was about to.

10. What is the relationship between Thorbjorn and Orm? How does it change with events?

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