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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 Agnes believe is punishment coming from God in Chapter 3?
(a) Sleeplessness.
(b) A new relationship.
(c) Reverend Toti.
(d) Sorrow.

2. What happens to Agnes' foster-mother, Inga?
(a) She leaves the family when Agnes is young.
(b) She does not want Agnes and tries to give her away to another family.
(c) She hates Agnes, because Agnes is smarter than her.
(d) She dies during childbirth.

3. Why does the poet, Rosa, dislike Agnes, as outlined in the Opening Poem in Chapter 5?
(a) She is jealous of Agnes' beauty.
(b) She thinks Agnes is a bad mother.
(c) She says that Agnes stole from her and gossiped about it to others.
(d) She dislikes Agnes, because she believes Agnes stole Natan from her and then murdered him.

4. Who is the mistress of the Jonsdottir farm?
(a) Kristin.
(b) Sigga.
(c) Kornitas.
(d) Steina.

5. What is the news the District Commissioner shares with the Jonsdottir girls in Chapter 1?
(a) The Jonsson family is being asked to move.
(b) He believes that the girls had something to do with the murders.
(c) He wants to speak to their father about a business deal.
(d) Agnes, one of the murderers, will be housed with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, who requests to hear about the progress Reverend Toti is making with Agnes?

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

3. Why does Lauga get angry at Steina when the District Commissioner arrives in Chapter 1?

4. What does Steina confess to Agnes in Chapter 5 about the other murderess, Sigga?

5. Why does Agnes wake up every morning in Chapter 3 with a "blow of grief to her heart" (58)?

(see the answer key)

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