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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Jonsdottir mother, Margret, distressed at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is distressed from having children and servants to look after.
(b) She is distressed, because her family doesn't have enough money.
(c) She is distressed from having to keep the farm working.
(d) She is distressed, because her sons are troublemakers.

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

3. How does Margret treat Agnes when she arrives in Chapter 2?
(a) She tells Agnes to sleep outside in the shed.
(b) She leaves Agnes alone in a room.
(c) She does not speak to Agnes.
(d) She cleans Agnes up and gives her water.

4. Why will the murderers be executed in Iceland?
(a) It is an economical decision.
(b) The families of the victims wants to see the executions.
(c) Iceland is where the murders took place.
(d) The District Commissioner wants to see the executions.

5. In the Prologue, Agnes reveals what to the reader?
(a) She reveals that she is in love with a married man.
(b) She reveals she is an orphan.
(c) She reveals that she is unmarried and unhappy.
(d) She reveals she has taken the lives of two men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose belongings are being auctioned off in the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. Who is "they" in the following sentence: "They will blow us all out, one by one, until it is only their light by which they are themselves" (Prologue)?

3. In Chapter 1, what two people have been murdered?

4. What is one way Agnes Magnusdottir believes others see her in Chapter 1?

5. Why does the District Commissioner feel it is appropriate for him to ask the Jonsdottir family to house a murderer?

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