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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the most accurate advice Reverend Toti's father gives him about making the right decision to advise Agnes?
(a) "Don't wake me when you return" (32).
(b) "A man must be true to his word" (32).
(c) "You know your own heart." (32).
(d) "You should seek to please the Lord" (32).

3. 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 want the axe to be beautiful and heavy, but it's hard to find.
(c) They worry the axe will not be able to effectively perform the task.
(d) They do not know if it should be made or bought due to economical issues.

4. What are the names of the two daughters in the Jonsdottir family?
(a) Margret and Lauga.
(b) Steina and Lauga.
(c) Steina and Agnes.
(d) Agnes and Sigga.

5. Who speaks from the first person perspective more than any other character?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Margret.
(c) Toti.
(d) Sigga.

6. Who is the mistress of the Jonsdottir farm?
(a) Steina.
(b) Sigga.
(c) Kristin.
(d) Kornitas.

7. Who is obliged to help prepare Agnes Magnusdottir for her meeting with the Lord? (Chapter 1)
(a) Assistant Reverend Thorvardur Jonsson.
(b) District Commissioner Bjorn Blondal.
(c) Fridrik Sigurdsson.
(d) P. Bjarnasson.

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

9. Who is the eldest sister in the Jonsdottir family?
(a) They are not sisters.
(b) Steina.
(c) They are the same age.
(d) Lauga.

10. The transition between the Chapter 2 narrative and the Chapter 3 narrative is important, because of what shift?
(a) It switches from Steina's perspective to Margaret's.
(b) It switches from Steina's perspective to Lauga's.
(c) It switches from Agnes's perspective of Margret to Margret's view of Agnes.
(d) It switches from Reverend Toti's perspective to Agnes' to Jon Jonsson's perspective.

11. What is the name given to Natan by his mother?
(a) Nathaniel.
(b) Paul.
(c) Satan.
(d) Bjorn.

12. What does the Ministry Book say about Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) She is uneducated, a poor worker, and a disloyal woman.
(b) She has an excellent intellect, strong knowledge and understanding of Christianity.
(c) She has four children by two different men.
(d) She is like any other woman.

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

14. Who is "they" in the following sentence: "They will blow us all out, one by one, until it is only their light by which they are themselves" (Prologue)?
(a) Men.
(b) Her executioners.
(c) Agnes' father.
(d) The villagers.

15. In Chapter 1, what does Steina burn before her parents can see it?
(a) A letter from the District Commissioner.
(b) An old jacket.
(c) Part of the meal they were supposed to eat that night.
(d) A box of trinkets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Agnes' mother take with her after she leaves Agnes behind as a young girl?

2. What is the news the District Commissioner shares with the Jonsdottir girls in Chapter 1?

3. How does Agnes respond to Rosa's poem in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Agnes turn Reverend Toti away in Chapter 3?

5. Where were the murdered victims found?

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