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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 is one of the first things Agnes shares with the Reverend in Chapter 6?
(a) "One night the two of us were working in the badstofa with Inga" (135).
(b) "I tried to call Pappi also, but he didn't like it (135).
(c) "Death happened, and in the usual way that it happens, and yet, not like anything else at all" (135).
(d) "I was only five years old" (135).

2. Who does Agnes' mother take with her after she leaves Agnes behind as a young girl?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother, Joas.
(c) Her brother, Gundar.
(d) Her younger sister, Gretchen.

3. What does Agnes give to Roslin to help with the birth?
(a) Tea tree oil to help with the cramping.
(b) A soft blanket to comfort her.
(c) A special potion she knows from her mother.
(d) Tea of angelica root.

4. What is the most accurate advice Reverend Toti's father gives him about making the right decision to advise Agnes?
(a) "You should seek to please the Lord" (32).
(b) "A man must be true to his word" (32).
(c) "Don't wake me when you return" (32).
(d) "You know your own heart." (32).

5. What does Steina confess to Agnes in Chapter 5 about the other murderess, Sigga?
(a) She says that Sigga will be executed just like Agnes and Fridrik.
(b) She reveals that Sigga is married to Fridrik, and they left Iceland.
(c) She says that Sigga is going to be free.
(d) She confesses that Sigga is getting an appeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is chosen in Chapter 4 to execute the murderers?

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

3. Where will Natan Ketilsson's possessions be sold? (Chapter 1)

4. Whose belongings are being auctioned off in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. The transition between the Chapter 2 narrative and the Chapter 3 narrative is important, because of what shift?

(see the answer key)

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