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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Margret treat Agnes when she arrives in Chapter 2?
(a) She does not speak to Agnes.
(b) She leaves Agnes alone in a room.
(c) She tells Agnes to sleep outside in the shed.
(d) She cleans Agnes up and gives her water.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Steina burn before her parents can see it?
(a) An old jacket.
(b) Part of the meal they were supposed to eat that night.
(c) A box of trinkets.
(d) A letter from the District Commissioner.

3. What are the names of the two daughters in the Jonsdottir family?
(a) Margret and Lauga.
(b) Agnes and Sigga.
(c) Steina and Lauga.
(d) Steina and Agnes.

4. Who is "they" in the following sentence: "They will blow us all out, one by one, until it is only their light by which they are themselves" (Prologue)?
(a) Her executioners.
(b) The villagers.
(c) Men.
(d) Agnes' father.

5. Who speaks from the first person perspective more than any other character?
(a) Toti.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Margret.
(d) Sigga.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lauga get angry at Steina when the District Commissioner arrives in Chapter 1?

2. How does Agnes describe how other people think about her crime?

3. What did Agnes do before working at Kornsa?

4. Where will Natan Ketilsson's possessions be sold? (Chapter 1)

5. What is Natan holding in Agnes' dream in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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