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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. Where is Agnes held when the first execution takes place?
(a) Right beside the first murderer.
(b) Back in the village of Kornsa.
(c) At a remote station where she cannot see.
(d) Nearby in the woods.

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

3. What do Natan and Agnes do to ensure Sigga does not know about their relationship?
(a) They waited until she is asleep.
(b) They try to be very quiet when she is near.
(c) They do not care, because Sigga is just a servant.
(d) They tell her to sleep in a separate room.

4. What does Bjorn, Agnes' childhood foster-father, not like?
(a) Agnes calling him, "Pabbi."
(b) The way Agnes wore her hair.
(c) The close relationship Agnes had with his wife, Inga.
(d) Agnes' poor reading and writing.

5. In Chapter 1, what two people have been murdered?
(a) Reverend Johann Tomasson.
(b) Petur Jonsson and Natan Ketilsson.
(c) Bjorn Blondal and His Majesty the King.
(d) Assistant Reverend Thorvandur and Natan Ketilsson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what condition is the badstofa in Illugstadir?

2. Who does Rosa leave her daughter with, as described in Chapter 10?

3. Why does Lauga not like Steina's relationship with Agnes?

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

5. What happens to Agnes' and Sigga's belongings in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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