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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 is Natan holding in Agnes' dream in Chapter 3?
(a) A raven who flies away after Agnes arrives.
(b) A picture of Agnes' mother.
(c) A glass beaker filled with the scum off brewing herbs.
(d) A pair of scissors covered in blood.

2. Who will be with the Jonsdottir family the first night Agnes stays?
(a) All the District Officers from Kornsa.
(b) Servants from neighboring villages.
(c) All the woman nearby.
(d) All the District Officers from Vatnsnes.

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

4. What is one of the first things Agnes shares with the Reverend in Chapter 6?
(a) "I tried to call Pappi also, but he didn't like it (135).
(b) "Death happened, and in the usual way that it happens, and yet, not like anything else at all" (135).
(c) "One night the two of us were working in the badstofa with Inga" (135).
(d) "I was only five years old" (135).

5. Who does Rosa leave her daughter with, as described in Chapter 10?
(a) Fridrik and his wife.
(b) Natan, Agnes, and Sigga.
(c) Natan and Fridrik.
(d) Natan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last possession Agnes owns?

2. What is the most accurate advice Reverend Toti's father gives him about making the right decision to advise Agnes?

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

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

5. What happens to Agnes' foster-mother, Inga?

(see the answer key)

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