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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Natan out doing when Agnes first arrives at his home to live?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Visiting a friend.
(c) Conducting business.
(d) Fox-hunting.

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

4. Whose belongings are being auctioned off in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Natan Ketilsson.
(b) Bjorn Blondal.
(c) Agnes Magnusdottir.
(d) Fridrik Sigurdsson.

5. How does Agnes feel about the way "truth" is understood by people, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) Truth is a precious thing, and that one should always speak the truth.
(b) The ruth is overrated and, people think it is more valuable than it really is.
(c) People use the truth to pretend they are Christian.
(d) People create truth, and it does not matter whom that person truly is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confesses his love to Agnes, as described in Chapter 10?

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

3. Why is Natan's home built to face the land and not the sea?

4. What was Natan's true profession?

5. Who tries very hard to make a connection with Agnes in Chapter 7, saying, "I know you. We are alike" (169).

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