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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Margret speak poorly about when her friend, Roslin, visits in Chapter 3?
(a) The District Commissioner, Blondal.
(b) Her husband, Jon.
(c) Roslin's husband.
(d) Natan's character.

2. Who are the two men murdered, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) Jon Jonsson and Bjorn Blondal.
(b) Natan Ketilsson and Fridrik Sigurdson.
(c) Daniel, a worker, and Natan Ketilsson.
(d) Natan Ketilsson and Petur Jonsson.

3. When Bjorn is asleep what does Inga do with young Agnes?
(a) She tells Agnes about her own childhood.
(b) She makes Agnes clean.
(c) She makes Agnes recite the psalms together.
(d) She tells Agnes that Bjorn is a bad man.

4. Why does Agnes choose Reverend Toti to be her spiritual advisor?
(a) She had met him before, and he helped her cross a river.
(b) She knew that he would help her get her freedom back.
(c) She liked that she was young.
(d) She heard he was a kind man.

5. Who tries very hard to make a connection with Agnes in Chapter 7, saying, "I know you. We are alike" (169).
(a) Sigga.
(b) Jon.
(c) Petur.
(d) Steina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the first things Agnes shares with the Reverend in Chapter 6?

2. Why is the Jonsdottir mother, Margret, distressed at the beginning of the novel?

3. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?

4. What is Natan holding in Agnes' dream in Chapter 3?

5. What are the names of the two daughters in the Jonsdottir family?

(see the answer key)

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