1. Why does Reverend Toti stop visiting Agnes in Chapter 10?
(a) He needs to think about what to say.
(b) His father will not allow him.
(c) He becomes ill from all the traveling.
(d) He does not want to meet with Agnes any longer.

2. What is the weather like the day Inga gives birth?
(a) Rain rapidly pours on the rooftops.
(b) A fierce blizzard takes over.
(c) There is mention of the weather.
(d) The sunshine radiates through the clouds.

3. What does Agnes say about Illugastadir when she arrives?
(a) "But soon winter will come like a freak wave upon the shore" (115)
(b) it was "almost on the edge of the world" (214).
(c) That "heavy clouds had blown in from the sea, and the light was fast disappearing..." (48).
(d) "And the wind was blowing so hard all the while, that sometimes I couldn't tell if it was Inga crying out, or the wind, making the candle gutter in its candlestick" (140).

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

5. Why does Natan threaten to kick Sigga out of the house, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) She has lied about him to other people.
(b) She is a thief.
(c) She is not a good lover.
(d) She has been disloyal.