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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Gudrun's first husband?
(a) Hjalmar Einarsson.
(b) Bolli the Peacock.
(c) Thorvald Halldorsson.
(d) Gest Oddleifsson.

2. When Hrapp of Hrappstead dies, who does his estate go to?
(a) Hoskuld.
(b) Kjartan Boll.
(c) Freya and Gudrun.
(d) Thorstein Black the Wise.

3. Who does Thorgend, Unn's granddaughter, marry?
(a) Hoskuld.
(b) Kjartan.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Dala-Koll.

4. Who is Olaf's half-brother who is cruel like his mother Jorunn?
(a) Hrut.
(b) Killer-Hrapp.
(c) Bard.
(d) Thorleik.

5. What is the name of the child of the Norwegian and Olaf's daughter?
(a) Gudrun.
(b) Harald.
(c) Bolli.
(d) Groa.

6. What are the names of Bjorn the Easterner's two children?
(a) Osvifur and Gudrun.
(b) Gest and Bolli.
(c) Helga and Hrut.
(d) Aud and Thord.

7. Who lives alone at Hjadarholt after his father abandons him?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Gudrun.
(c) Bolli.
(d) Thorleik.

8. Who becomes a third wheel as Gudrun develops her third romance?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Thorvald.
(c) Bolli.
(d) Kotkel.

9. When Olaf the Peacock buys the land, what does he rename it?
(a) Hjardarholt.
(b) Freida.
(c) Hrut.
(d) Trygvasson.

10. Who does Melkorka eventually marry?
(a) Vigdis the Liar.
(b) Thorbjorn the Feeble.
(c) Hoskuld the Stubbonr.
(d) Breida the Valiant.

11. When Thorgend goes to Norway and remarries, what is the name of her second son?
(a) Leif Erickson.
(b) Hrut Herjolfsson.
(c) Kjartan Boll.
(d) Gudrun Osvifur.

12. Who is the king of Ireland?
(a) King Osvifur.
(b) King Myrkjartan.
(c) King Egil.
(d) King Olaf.

13. Who is Thorkel Eyjolfsson the fourth husband of?
(a) Olaf.
(b) Freya.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Kjartan.

14. Where does the chieftain Ketil Flat-Nose initially want to live?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Malmo.
(c) Faroe Islands.
(d) Scotland.

15. Since Hoskuld is growing old, to whom do the people turn their attention to?
(a) Kjartan his brother.
(b) Jorunn his wife.
(c) Freya his mistress.
(d) Olaf his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hrapp of Hrappstead?

2. Since Thord wants so badly to thwart Vigdis's machinations, to whom does he give his property?

3. Who is the king of Norway that is involved in a tense and political dispute with chieftains from Iceland?

4. Who is Jorunn?

5. What countries form new alliances and partnerships in Chapters 21-30?

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