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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. After being sick for a long time, Reverend Toti wakes up in Chapter 11, and what does his father tell him?
(a) He says that he needs to rest more.
(b) He says that Toti needs to see a doctor.
(c) He says that Toti is sleeping too much.
(d) He says that Toti needs to stop seeing Agnes and focus on his own family.

2. Why is Natan's home built to face the land and not the sea?
(a) He believes that viewing water too much can cause one harm.
(b) He wants to be able to see people traveling along the mountain.
(c) He does not like the smell of the water.
(d) His mother drowned when he was young.

3. How does Blondal know, in Chapter 7, that Sigga did not commit the murders?
(a) She was not at the scene.
(b) Agnes says that Sigga had nothing to do with the crime.
(c) She is not smart or big enough to commit the murders.
(d) She is too simple-minded and too young to know how.

4. Why does Agnes think that Natan loved Rosa, as described in Chapter 7?
(a) Rosa has a way with words that makes you feel them.
(b) Natan and Rosa knew each other a long time.
(c) Rosa is very beautiful and smart, as well as a poet.
(d) Rosa is wealthy, because she writes so well.

5. What does Agnes predict about Roslin's unborn child?
(a) The child will be a girl.
(b) The child will not survive the birth.
(c) The child will be a beautiful woman when she is older.
(d) The child will be cursed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries very hard to make a connection with Agnes in Chapter 7, saying, "I know you. We are alike" (169).

2. In Chapter 10, what does Lauga hear about Agnes in relation to the execution?

3. Who was young Agnes hearing calling to her from the storehouse, in her memory described in Chapter 6?

4. When Reverend Toti shares Blondal's advice about his spiritual counseling in Chapter 7, how does Agnes respond?

5. Why does Karitas, Blondal's housekeeper, stop Reverend Toti before he leaves in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Agnes believe that she may have been friends with Poet-Rosa under different circumstances?

2. What did Daniel, Natan's worker, say to Agnes about her relationship? Why?

3. After realizing that her sister was dead, what was Agnes' reaction?

4. What happens when Agnes goes to the storehouse to find Inga?

5. In what ways does Agnes help Roslin get through her birth?

6. How does Agnes feel when she discerns that Sigga has the position of housekeeper?

7. How does Reverend Toti relay his message to Blondal about preparing Agnes for her execution?

8. How did Agnes feel after her baby sister was born?

9. How does Agnes reply to Reverend Toti's absence?

10. Why does Margret worry about the relationship she is fostering with Agnes?

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