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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 - 13 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confesses his love to Agnes, as described in Chapter 10?
(a) Daniel, a worker on the farm.
(b) Her foster-brother, Bjorn.
(c) Petur, a friend of Fridrik's.
(d) Fridrik.

2. How does Agnes feel about living in Illugstadir after arriving?
(a) Welcomed.
(b) Excited.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Trapped.

3. What does Natan do to Agnes after she criticizes his interpretation of a dream?
(a) Asks her to be quiet and sleep outside.
(b) Tells her that she is ignorant.
(c) Shoves her onto the ground.
(d) Slaps her.

4. What does the Majesty the King sentence Sigga to for the murders?
(a) She will be sentenced to hard labor for ten years in Reykjavik.
(b) She will be moved to Copenhagen to work in a prison for the term of her natural life under strict surveillance.
(c) She will be executed just the same as Agnes and Fridrik.
(d) She will be killed by a gun shot to the back of her head by the District Commissioner.

5. Why does Rosa give her daughter to another person?
(a) Rosa cannot raise her daughter.
(b) Rosa thinks Sigga will be a better mother.
(c) Rosa wants Fridrik and his wife to be happy.
(d) Natan is the father of Thoranna and she deserves time with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Agnes feel about the way "truth" is understood by people, as described in Chapter 4?

2. Why will the murderers be executed in Iceland?

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

4. What did Agnes do before working at Kornsa?

5. Why does Natan threaten to kick Sigga out of the house, as described in Chapter 11?

(see the answer key)

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