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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Agnes have to leave her foster-family, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Her foster-father Bjorn could not afford the farm any longer.
(b) Her foster-father Bjorn did not want Agnes anymore.
(c) Her foster-father felt that there was no room for Agnes after the baby was born.
(d) Her foster-father Bjorn thought Agnes was lazy and did not do her chores.

2. Why does Agnes kill Natan?
(a) She wants revenge.
(b) She wants to leave the farm, and so she has to kill him.
(c) She wants him gone, so she can marry Fridrik.
(d) She does not want him to suffer anymore.

3. Who are the two men murdered, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) Jon Jonsson and Bjorn Blondal.
(b) Natan Ketilsson and Fridrik Sigurdson.
(c) Natan Ketilsson and Petur Jonsson.
(d) Daniel, a worker, and Natan Ketilsson.

4. What does Natan awaken to see the night of the murders?
(a) Petur's dead body.
(b) Fridrik in bed with Sigga.
(c) Agnes laughing at him.
(d) A fire burning his bed.

5. What does Agnes see in the house after Sigga beckons her in, in Chapter 12?
(a) Petur's head has been crushed.
(b) Agnes does not see anything in particular.
(c) Fridrik is crying.
(d) Fridrik and Natan are fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Jonsdottir mother, Margret, distressed at the beginning of the novel?

2. When Fridrik says in Chapter 12, "I've come for what is mine" (284), what is his?

3. Who welcomes Reverend Toti to the church in Chapter 4?

4. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?

5. What does Agnes feel over her wrist after killing Natan?

(see the answer key)

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