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

2. What does Bjorn, Agnes' childhood foster-father, not like?
(a) The way Agnes wore her hair.
(b) Agnes calling him, "Pabbi."
(c) The close relationship Agnes had with his wife, Inga.
(d) Agnes' poor reading and writing.

3. Agnes meets Reverend Toti twice before seeking his counsel as her spiritual advisor for her crimes. What is the second instance?
(a) In a dream.
(b) They lived in the same town and went to church together.
(c) She had a crush on him from early childhood.
(d) From afar as he helps another woman.

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

5. What happens when Roslin, Margret's friend, goes into labor?
(a) Roslin's husband is angry at her for not being stronger.
(b) Margret laughs at her for having another child when she already has five.
(c) The weather is very bad, and Roslin has to walk miles for help.
(d) The child is wayward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lauga get angry at Steina when the District Commissioner arrives in Chapter 1?

2. Who welcomes Reverend Toti to the church in Chapter 4?

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

4. What happens to Agnes' and Sigga's belongings in Chapter 6?

5. Who does Margret speak poorly about when her friend, Roslin, visits in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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