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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. What does Agnes want after hearing Natan's hurtful words, described in Chapter 12?
(a) She wants to scream at him for all the bad things he has done.
(b) She wants to try and make him lover her.
(c) She wants to tell him that she wants him and loves him.
(d) She wants to leave Natan forever.

2. Why is Natan's home built to face the land and not the sea?
(a) He believes that viewing water too much can cause one harm.
(b) He wants to be able to see people traveling along the mountain.
(c) His mother drowned when he was young.
(d) He does not like the smell of the water.

3. What does Steina confess to Agnes in Chapter 5 about the other murderess, Sigga?
(a) She says that Sigga is going to be free.
(b) She reveals that Sigga is married to Fridrik, and they left Iceland.
(c) She says that Sigga will be executed just like Agnes and Fridrik.
(d) She confesses that Sigga is getting an appeal.

4. Before the crime, how do Agnes and Natan meet?
(a) Agnes goes to work for Natan.
(b) Natan is friends of her foster-family.
(c) They are introduced by mutual friends.
(d) They meet at a farm while she is working in Geitaskard.

5. Steina says in Chapter 3 that she met Agnes before. What did Agnes do for the girls?
(a) She plaited their hair and gave them eggs.
(b) She ignored them and went along her way.
(c) She tried to steal from them.
(d) She yelled at them for being nosey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agnes say to Fridrik when she found him outside, as described in Chapter 12?

2. When Reverend Toti shares Blondal's advice about his spiritual counseling in Chapter 7, how does Agnes respond?

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

4. Where do Agnes and Natan live together?

5. What is the weather like the day Inga gives birth?

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