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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Agnes contemplate the first day on the Jonsson farm in Chapter 3?
(a) She wants to become friends with the girls.
(b) She wonders if she'll be beaten.
(c) She wonders if she can escape or if she should.
(d) She wants to steal Margret's brooch.

3. Why does Agnes turn Reverend Toti away in Chapter 3?
(a) She does not like how he treats her.
(b) She wants a more handsome advisor.
(c) She believes that he has ulterior motives.
(d) She thinks he is too young and not mature enough to help her.

4. 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 has taken the lives of two men.
(c) She reveals that she is unmarried and unhappy.
(d) She reveals she is an orphan.

5. What is the last possession Agnes owns?
(a) Her dress.
(b) A picture of her little brother.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Agnes feel about the way "truth" is understood by people, as described in Chapter 4?

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

3. Why does Agnes choose Reverend Toti to be her spiritual advisor?

4. Agnes meets Reverend Toti twice before seeking his counsel as her spiritual advisor for her crimes. What is the second instance?

5. What is one of the first things Agnes shares with the Reverend in Chapter 6?

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