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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. How does Margret feel about the men sent to protect her family in Chapter 2?
(a) They have sent a boy who sleeps soundly.
(b) They have made neighbors come to help.
(c) They have sent no one at all.
(d) They have sent women who cannot protect them.

2. Why does Karitas, Blondal's housekeeper, stop Reverend Toti before he leaves in Chapter 7?
(a) She asks him to bring a message to Agnes, because they were friends before, and this was unfair.
(b) She tells him that Agnes has always been a liar, and that she was jealous of Natan's relationship with Sigga.
(c) She wants him to know that Natan was a liar to Agnes, and he cured Blondal's wife, so Blondal is biased.
(d) She says that Natan is a bad man and got what he deserved.

3. In what condition is the badstofa in Illugstadir?
(a) It is beautifully decorated.
(b) Larger than Agnes expected.
(c) Very small with only four bunks.
(d) It is falling apart, and there is no fire burning.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the poet, Rosa, dislike Agnes, as outlined in the Opening Poem in Chapter 5?

3. What does Agnes say to Fridrik when Natan tries to speak to him, as described in Chapter 12?

4. Where is Natan while Agnes and Fridrik are at his house, as described in Chapter 12?

5. What does Poet-Rosa write to Agnes a second time?

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