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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the Jonsdottir family's farm?
(a) Kornsa.
(b) Hvammur.
(c) Illugstadir.
(d) Katadalur.

3. What is the weather like the day Inga gives birth?
(a) Rain rapidly pours on the rooftops.
(b) There is mention of the weather.
(c) The sunshine radiates through the clouds.
(d) A fierce blizzard takes over.

4. Who will be with the Jonsdottir family the first night Agnes stays?
(a) All the woman nearby.
(b) Servants from neighboring villages.
(c) All the District Officers from Kornsa.
(d) All the District Officers from Vatnsnes.

5. Who does Agnes' mother take with her after she leaves Agnes behind as a young girl?
(a) Her younger sister, Gretchen.
(b) Her brother, Joas.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother, Gundar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?

2. How does Agnes describe how other people think about her crime?

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

4. Who does Margret speak poorly about when her friend, Roslin, visits in Chapter 3?

5. 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)?

(see the answer key)

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