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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fridrik do in order to marry Sigga?
(a) He asks Natan for his approval and that is it.
(b) He gives Natan silver.
(c) He kills Natan.
(d) He steels Sigga in the middle of the night.

2. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?
(a) Steina.
(b) Margret.
(c) Laugna.
(d) Jon.

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

4. What happens to Agnes' last possession in Chapter 3?
(a) It is sold.
(b) It is used as a blanket.
(c) It is burned.
(d) It is given away.

5. How does Agnes describe how other people think about her crime?
(a) "I will vanish into the air and night" (1).
(b) "Sometimes I think I see it again, the farm, burning in the dark" (1).
(c) "There was a moment during that night when I looked back" (1).
(d) "They said that I must die. They said that I stole the breath from men, and now they must steal mine" (1).

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margret want to send her daughters away in Chapter 1?

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

3. Where does Agnes go after not being able to live in Natan's cowshed, as described in Chapter 11?

4. What reasoning does Blondal give in Chapter 7 for why Fridrik committed the murders?

5. How is Natan murdered, as described in Chapter 3?

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