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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Agnes choose Reverend Toti to be her spiritual advisor?
(a) She knew that he would help her get her freedom back.
(b) She heard he was a kind man.
(c) She liked that she was young.
(d) She had met him before, and he helped her cross a river.

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

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

4. What is the nickname of Assistant Reverend Thorvardur Jonsson?
(a) Toti.
(b) Bjorn.
(c) Steina.
(d) Thorv.

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

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

7. How does Agnes feel about the way "truth" is understood by people, as described in Chapter 4?
(a) People create truth, and it does not matter whom that person truly is.
(b) The ruth is overrated and, people think it is more valuable than it really 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.

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

9. What was Natan's true profession?
(a) Worker.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Business man.
(d) Priest.

10. Why is Roslin initially concerned about Margret in Chapter 3?
(a) Margret is angry at her daughters.
(b) Margret has a broken arm.
(c) Margret is fighting with her husband.
(d) Margret has a winter cough.

11. Steina says in Chapter 3 that she met Agnes before. What did Agnes do for the girls?
(a) She plaited their hair and gave them eggs.
(b) She tried to steal from them.
(c) She ignored them and went along her way.
(d) She yelled at them for being nosey.

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

13. Where is Agnes originally held after the crimes?
(a) Kornsa.
(b) Copenhagen.
(c) Stora-Borg.
(d) Galfa.

14. What is the news the District Commissioner shares with the Jonsdottir girls in Chapter 1?
(a) The Jonsson family is being asked to move.
(b) Agnes, one of the murderers, will be housed with them.
(c) He wants to speak to their father about a business deal.
(d) He believes that the girls had something to do with the murders.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Reverent Toti's demeanor change toward Agnes from Chapter 3 to Chapter 4?

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

4. In Chapter 1, what does Steina burn before her parents can see it?

5. Whom does Blondal write a letter to about the execution axe?

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