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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. What is the real reason Roslin visits her friend, Margret in Chapter 3?
(a) Roslin wants advice about her own marriage.
(b) Roslin wants to gossip about Agnes.
(c) Roslin wants to help the girls with their work.
(d) Roslin wishes to give Margret a gift

2. Who welcomes Reverend Toti to the church in Chapter 4?
(a) Jon Jonssori.
(b) Digga.
(c) Reverend Thomason.
(d) Haukur Jonsson.

3. What does Agnes want after hearing Natan's hurtful words, described in Chapter 12?
(a) She wants to tell him that she wants him and loves him.
(b) She wants to scream at him for all the bad things he has done.
(c) She wants to leave Natan forever.
(d) She wants to try and make him lover her.

4. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?
(a) All women are evil and will do anything to get what they want.
(b) A witness saw Agnes with a bloody knife after the killings, and Fridrik was at home with his family.
(c) Natan is murdered by a stab to the belly, and Fridrik would not have done this, because he knows how to kill animals and would have slit his throat.
(d) Agnes was angry that Natan refused to marry her and murdered him out of revenge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lauga get angry at Steina when the District Commissioner arrives in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Lauga hear about Agnes in relation to the execution?

3. In what condition is the badstofa in Illugstadir?

4. Who does Rosa leave her daughter with, as described in Chapter 10?

5. Whose belongings are being auctioned off in the beginning of Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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