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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Blondal know, in Chapter 7, that Sigga did not commit the murders?
(a) Agnes says that Sigga had nothing to do with the crime.
(b) She is too simple-minded and too young to know how.
(c) She was not at the scene.
(d) She is not smart or big enough to commit the murders.

2. What does Poet-Rosa write to Agnes a second time?
(a) A poem about how Agnes deserves her punishment, because she stole Natan from her.
(b) A poem saying that she misses their friendship.
(c) A poem saying that she hates Agnes for being adored by Natan.
(d) A poem about how Agnes is snobby.

3. In Chapter 1, what does Steina burn before her parents can see it?
(a) A box of trinkets.
(b) A letter from the District Commissioner.
(c) Part of the meal they were supposed to eat that night.
(d) An old jacket.

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

5. Who was young Agnes hearing calling to her from the storehouse, in her memory described in Chapter 6?
(a) Margret.
(b) Sigga.
(c) Inga.
(d) Toti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the news the District Commissioner shares with the Jonsdottir girls in Chapter 1?

2. What does Sigga say when Agnes asks if Natan is at church, because it is Sunday?

3. 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)?

4. What does Roslin bring to Margret in Chapter 3?

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

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