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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue - Chapter 2.

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 sent women who cannot protect them.
(c) They have made neighbors come to help.
(d) They have sent no one at all.

2. Why does Margret want to send her daughters away in Chapter 1?
(a) They are married now and must live with their husbands.
(b) They have committed a crime and cannot stay at home.
(c) She does not want them around a murderess.
(d) She cannot afford to take care of them.

3. What is the event that Blondal speaks about to Lauga in Chapter 1?
(a) The murderers.
(b) Natan giving bad medicine to her mother.
(c) Fredrik killing sheep.
(d) Agnes and Sigga living with them.

4. Why does Lauga get angry at Steina when the District Commissioner arrives in Chapter 1?
(a) He is left alone in the parlor.
(b) There is a storm, and Steina does not offer to dry his clothes.
(c) Steina is dirty.
(d) Steina allows him inside without Lauga's permission.

5. Where will Natan Ketilsson's possessions be sold? (Chapter 1)
(a) Illugastadir.
(b) The capital.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Kornsa

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Agnes born?

2. What is the news the District Commissioner shares with the Jonsdottir girls in Chapter 1?

3. Who speaks from the first person perspective more than any other character?

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

5. Where were the murdered victims found?

(see the answer key)

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