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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. What made Rebekka and Jacob's relationship so hard at the beginning of their marriage?
(a) Jacob had to travel for work.
(b) They were far away from family.
(c) They could not have a baby.
(d) They were very poor.

2. How did the villagers treat Florens?
(a) They were kind.
(b) They were lewd.
(c) They were cruel.
(d) They were ambivalent.

3. How did Rebekka get sick?
(a) Her husband got sick.
(b) Her son got sick at school.
(c) She ate at a contaminated restaurant.
(d) A slave was sick.

4. Why does Florens wish Lina was with her as she heads to get the blacksmith?
(a) She is so weak.
(b) She can cook.
(c) She is older and calm.
(d) She knows about being outdoors.

5. Who rescued Lina when she was younger?
(a) Mountain men.
(b) Traders.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florens help boil in big vats?

2. How does Lina act around the other slaves?

3. What did Florens always want to wear as a child?

4. What does Florens say there are too many of in her life?

5. How does Rebekka know she is ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Florens feel about the task she is given after Jacob's death?

2. How does Florens prefer to communicate, and why?

3. Why do Lina's ideas about the protecting spirits not comfort Florens while heading to the blacksmith's house?

4. How is Jane described?

5. What is strange about Lina's closest friendship?

6. What does Florens think about at night while heading to the blacksmith's house to comfort her?

7. How did Florens feel about the Vaark Farm when she first arrived there?

8. What happens on the farm after Jacob dies?

9. What is confusing in the dialogue at the beginning of the book?

10. What do the Ney brothers do to Florens and Lina?

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