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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Natan offer to Agnes when she first arrives at his farm?
(a) Maid.
(b) Wife.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Mistress.

2. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?
(a) Agnes was angry that Natan refused to marry her and murdered him out of revenge.
(b) Natan is murdered by a stab to the belly, and Fridrik would not have done this, because he knows how to kill animals and would have slit his throat.
(c) A witness saw Agnes with a bloody knife after the killings, and Fridrik was at home with his family.
(d) All women are evil and will do anything to get what they want.

3. What does the Ministry Book say about Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) She has four children by two different men.
(b) She is like any other woman.
(c) She is uneducated, a poor worker, and a disloyal woman.
(d) She has an excellent intellect, strong knowledge and understanding of Christianity.

4. What kind of relationship develops between Agnes and Natan after she moves to his farm?
(a) They become intimate very soon and have a special bond that consists of deep conversations.
(b) They are very good friends at first, but he loves his other servant more and gives her more attention.
(c) They do not talk when she first arrives, and Natan ignores her for the first few months.
(d) Natan is the man of the house and tells Agnes what to do and how to do it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the baby after Inga gives birth?

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

3. What is Petur Jonsson accused of doing that sways Margret's opinion about the crime?

4. What is the event that Blondal speaks about to Lauga in Chapter 1?

5. What does Agnes contemplate the first day on the Jonsson farm in Chapter 3?

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