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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two weapons are used to kill the two men whose murders are described in Chapter 3?
(a) A Knife and gun.
(b) A Knife and hammer.
(c) A Hammer and rope.
(d) A Rope and Knife.

2. Who are the two men murdered, as stated in Chapter 3?
(a) Natan Ketilsson and Petur Jonsson.
(b) Jon Jonsson and Bjorn Blondal.
(c) Daniel, a worker, and Natan Ketilsson.
(d) Natan Ketilsson and Fridrik Sigurdson.

3. How is Agnes' journey to the Jonsdottir farm?
(a) it is easy, because she has finally being carried by a horse.
(b) It is not too bad, because she has warm boots and a heavy jacket.
(c) It is difficult, because she has to walk a long distance.
(d) It is very difficult, and she is dirty, bruised, and exhausted.

4. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?
(a) Laugna.
(b) Steina.
(c) Margret.
(d) Jon.

5. What is the issue with the axe to be used for the execution?
(a) They wonder if a woman should be able to perform the task.
(b) They do not know if it should be made or bought due to economical issues.
(c) They want the axe to be beautiful and heavy, but it's hard to find.
(d) They worry the axe will not be able to effectively perform the task.

6. Why does Agnes turn Reverend Toti away in Chapter 3?
(a) She does not like how he treats her.
(b) She thinks he is too young and not mature enough to help her.
(c) She believes that he has ulterior motives.
(d) She wants a more handsome advisor.

7. What is the event that Blondal speaks about to Lauga in Chapter 1?
(a) Natan giving bad medicine to her mother.
(b) The murderers.
(c) Fredrik killing sheep.
(d) Agnes and Sigga living with them.

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

9. Why does Lauga get angry at Steina when the District Commissioner arrives in Chapter 1?
(a) Steina allows him inside without Lauga's permission.
(b) He is left alone in the parlor.
(c) There is a storm, and Steina does not offer to dry his clothes.
(d) Steina is dirty.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 3, it states the names of the three murderers. Who are they?
(a) Fridrik, Sigga, and Agnes.
(b) Agnes, Sigga, and Margret.
(c) Natan, Petur, and Sigga.
(d) Fridrik, Petur, and Natan.

11. How is Natan murdered, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) He is beaten to death.
(b) He is left in the cold to die.
(c) He is strangled.
(d) He is stabbed in the belly.

12. From what point of view is this narrative told?
(a) Narrative point of view.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Third person omniscient.
(d) Second person.

13. How does Agnes describe how other people think about her crime?
(a) "I will vanish into the air and night" (1).
(b) "They said that I must die. They said that I stole the breath from men, and now they must steal mine" (1).
(c) "There was a moment during that night when I looked back" (1).
(d) "Sometimes I think I see it again, the farm, burning in the dark" (1).

14. How does Margret treat Agnes when she arrives in Chapter 2?
(a) She does not speak to Agnes.
(b) She tells Agnes to sleep outside in the shed.
(c) She leaves Agnes alone in a room.
(d) She cleans Agnes up and gives her water.

15. In Chapter 5, how does Agnes describe her family as a child?
(a) She had a very loving family that is now disappointed in her.
(b) Her mother had many husbands and left her out in a field.
(c) She was raised by her father in an isolated village.
(d) Her mother left her, and then she spent time with foster families and as a pauper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jon Jonsson Jonsdottir abruptly leave the farm for Hvammur in Chapter 1?

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

3. What does Agnes contemplate the first day on the Jonsson farm in Chapter 3?

4. Why is Roslin initially concerned about Margret in Chapter 3?

5. What does the Ministry Book say about Agnes in Chapter 4?

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