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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 beaten to death.
(d) He is stabbed in the belly.

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

4. In Chapter 5, how does Agnes describe her family as a child?
(a) Her mother left her, and then she spent time with foster families and as a pauper.
(b) She had a very loving family that is now disappointed in her.
(c) Her mother had many husbands and left her out in a field.
(d) She was raised by her father in an isolated village.

5. What happens to Agnes' last possession in Chapter 3?
(a) It is used as a blanket.
(b) It is sold.
(c) It is given away.
(d) It is burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jon Jonsson Jonsdottir abruptly leave the farm for Hvammur in Chapter 1?

2. What is the event that Blondal speaks about to Lauga in Chapter 1?

3. How does Margret feel about the men sent to protect her family in Chapter 2?

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

5. Why does the District Commissioner feel it is appropriate for him to ask the Jonsdottir family to house a murderer?

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