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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 does Roslin bring to Margret in Chapter 3?
(a) Milk.
(b) Danishes.
(c) Rye bread.
(d) Sweets.

2. After being accused of the murders, in Chapter 7, what does Fridrik say in response?
(a) He had nothing to do with the murders.
(b) It was fair punishment, because Natan stole from him.
(c) They were necessary and just.
(d) He was defending himself.

3. 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.

4. Why does Jon Jonsson Jonsdottir abruptly leave the farm for Hvammur in Chapter 1?
(a) He wants to speak about the situation of harboring a murderess.
(b) He wants to fight another Commissioner.
(c) He wants to see see the burial grounds of the future victims.
(d) He is going to visit his brother.

5. Agnes meets Reverend Toti twice before seeking his counsel as her spiritual advisor for her crimes. What is the second instance?
(a) From afar as he helps another woman.
(b) In a dream.
(c) They lived in the same town and went to church together.
(d) She had a crush on him from early childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the eldest sister in the Jonsdottir family?

2. How does Margret feel about the men sent to protect her family in Chapter 2?

3. The transition between the Chapter 2 narrative and the Chapter 3 narrative is important, because of what shift?

4. How does Agnes respond to Rosa's poem in Chapter 5?

5. Who was young Agnes hearing calling to her from the storehouse, in her memory described in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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