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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Natan murdered, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) He is left in the cold to die.
(b) He is strangled.
(c) He is stabbed in the belly.
(d) He is beaten to death.

2. Why does Jon Jonsson Jonsdottir abruptly leave the farm for Hvammur in Chapter 1?
(a) He wants to see see the burial grounds of the future victims.
(b) He wants to speak about the situation of harboring a murderess.
(c) He wants to fight another Commissioner.
(d) He is going to visit his brother.

3. Where is the Jonsdottir family's farm?
(a) Katadalur.
(b) Kornsa.
(c) Illugstadir.
(d) Hvammur.

4. What does Roslin bring to Margret in Chapter 3?
(a) Rye bread.
(b) Milk.
(c) Danishes.
(d) Sweets.

5. Why is the Jonsdottir mother, Margret, distressed at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is distressed from having children and servants to look after.
(b) She is distressed from having to keep the farm working.
(c) She is distressed, because her family doesn't have enough money.
(d) She is distressed, because her sons are troublemakers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agnes wake up every morning in Chapter 3 with a "blow of grief to her heart" (58)?

2. What is the real reason Roslin visits her friend, Margret in Chapter 3?

3. What is Petur Jonsson accused of doing that sways Margret's opinion about the crime?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, it states the names of the three murderers. Who are they?

5. In Chapter 5, how does Agnes describe her family as a child?

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