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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Natan's true profession?
(a) Priest.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Business man.
(d) Worker.

2. How is Agnes' journey to the Jonsdottir farm?
(a) It is difficult, because she has to walk a long distance.
(b) it is easy, because she has finally being carried by a horse.
(c) It is very difficult, and she is dirty, bruised, and exhausted.
(d) It is not too bad, because she has warm boots and a heavy jacket.

3. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?
(a) A witness saw Agnes with a bloody knife after the killings, and Fridrik was at home with his family.
(b) Natan is murdered by a stab to the belly, and Fridrik would not have done this, because he knows how to kill animals and would have slit his throat.
(c) Agnes was angry that Natan refused to marry her and murdered him out of revenge.
(d) All women are evil and will do anything to get what they want.

4. When Bjorn is asleep what does Inga do with young Agnes?
(a) She makes Agnes clean.
(b) She tells Agnes that Bjorn is a bad man.
(c) She tells Agnes about her own childhood.
(d) She makes Agnes recite the psalms together.

5. How is the overall mood of the meeting Blondal and Reverend Toti have about Agnes' spiritual progress and Toti's methods in Chapter 7?
(a) Blondal does not believe that Reverend Toti is following Christian ways in his advising.
(b) Blondal asks many questions, writes down answers, and says that he is pleased.
(c) Reverend Toti yells at Blondal for making him be a spiritual advisor to Agnes.
(d) Blondal is pleased and gives Reverend Toti a raise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agnes think that Natan loved Rosa, as described in Chapter 7?

2. Where is Agnes originally held after the crimes?

3. Why does Margret want to send her daughters away in Chapter 1?

4. What does Bjorn, Agnes' childhood foster-father, not like?

5. Who does Margret speak poorly about when her friend, Roslin, visits in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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