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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?
(a) Steina.
(b) Margret.
(c) Laugna.
(d) Jon.

2. Where does Agnes stay on the first night when she arrived at Fridrik's, as described in Chapter 12?
(a) Outside in the blizzard.
(b) In a bed in the servants' quarters.
(c) In the cowshed.
(d) With Natan.

3. 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 says that Sigga is going to be free.
(c) She confesses that Sigga is getting an appeal.
(d) She reveals that Sigga is married to Fridrik, and they left Iceland.

4. What does the Majesty the King sentence Sigga to for the murders?
(a) She will be sentenced to hard labor for ten years in Reykjavik.
(b) She will be executed just the same as Agnes and Fridrik.
(c) She will be killed by a gun shot to the back of her head by the District Commissioner.
(d) She will be moved to Copenhagen to work in a prison for the term of her natural life under strict surveillance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the overall mood of the meeting Blondal and Reverend Toti have about Agnes' spiritual progress and Toti's methods in Chapter 7?

2. How is Natan murdered, as described in Chapter 3?

3. What happens when Roslin, Margret's friend, goes into labor?

4. What does Agnes say about Illugastadir when she arrives?

5. Who did Agnes find near the cowshed, as described in Chapter 12?

(see the answer key)

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