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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Roslin, Margret's friend, goes into labor?
(a) Margret laughs at her for having another child when she already has five.
(b) The child is wayward.
(c) Roslin's husband is angry at her for not being stronger.
(d) The weather is very bad, and Roslin has to walk miles for help.

2. Why does Natan threaten to kick Sigga out of the house, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) She has been disloyal.
(b) She has lied about him to other people.
(c) She is not a good lover.
(d) She is a thief.

3. When Agnes first moves to Natan's farm, who becomes jealous of Natan and Agnes' connection?
(a) Natan's elder sister, Helga.
(b) Natan's mother.
(c) The housekeeper, Maria.
(d) The mistress, Natalia.

4. In what condition is the badstofa in Illugstadir?
(a) It is beautifully decorated.
(b) It is falling apart, and there is no fire burning.
(c) Very small with only four bunks.
(d) Larger than Agnes expected.

5. What does Sigga say when Agnes asks if Natan is at church, because it is Sunday?
(a) He is at church, but will be home soon.
(b) He is at a neighboring village helping.
(c) He is not a church-going man.
(d) He is at home, but in the workshop just nearby.

6. What does Fridrik's mother tell him when she learns of his fight with Natan?
(a) She tells Fridrik to consider marrying Agnes now that she has no home.
(b) She says that Fridrik needs to stop fighting with Natan and causing problems.
(c) She says that Fridrik will not have Sigga as long as Natan is alive.
(d) She tells Fridrik to break-up with Sigga to stop all of this.

7. Who was young Agnes hearing calling to her from the storehouse, in her memory described in Chapter 6?
(a) Inga.
(b) Toti.
(c) Sigga.
(d) Margret.

8. What angers Fridrik and begins the motive for killing Natan, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) He wants all of Natan's money.
(b) He thinks that Natan will follow them no matter where they go.
(c) He knows that Natan will kill him first.
(d) He is angry that Sigga has shared a bed with Natan.

9. Who does Rosa leave her daughter with, as described in Chapter 10?
(a) Natan.
(b) Natan, Agnes, and Sigga.
(c) Natan and Fridrik.
(d) Fridrik and his wife.

10. Before the crime, how do Agnes and Natan meet?
(a) They are introduced by mutual friends.
(b) They meet at a farm while she is working in Geitaskard.
(c) Natan is friends of her foster-family.
(d) Agnes goes to work for Natan.

11. Agnes meets Reverend Toti twice before seeking his counsel as her spiritual advisor for her crimes. What is the second instance?
(a) They lived in the same town and went to church together.
(b) From afar as he helps another woman.
(c) She had a crush on him from early childhood.
(d) In a dream.

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

13. Why does Reverend Bjarnason stop by the Jonsortti farm in Chapter 9?
(a) He wants to ensure the family is still going to church.
(b) He wants to ensure that Agnes is not poisoning the girls' minds.
(c) He wants to ensure the family is in the soul register of Underfell's parish.
(d) He wants to ask the family about their daily spiritual rituals.

14. What does Fridrik do in order to marry Sigga?
(a) He gives Natan silver.
(b) He steels Sigga in the middle of the night.
(c) He asks Natan for his approval and that is it.
(d) He kills Natan.

15. What is the weather like the day Inga gives birth?
(a) The sunshine radiates through the clouds.
(b) Rain rapidly pours on the rooftops.
(c) A fierce blizzard takes over.
(d) There is mention of the weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Agnes leave Natan's farm, as described in Chapter 11?

2. What does Natan do to Agnes after she criticizes his interpretation of a dream?

3. What does Agnes say about Illugastadir when she arrives?

4. What would Natan maybe do if he found a book of psalms in the house, according to Sigga?

5. After being sick for a long time, Reverend Toti wakes up in Chapter 11, and what does his father tell him?

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