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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lauga not like Steina's relationship with Agnes?
(a) She thinks that Agnes makes their family look bad, so the girls will never marry. She is also jealous of their relationship.
(b) She wants more time with Steina and thinks Agnes is depending on Steina too much.
(c) She thinks Steina is being naive and that Agnes will take advantage of her and make her do bad things.
(d) She worries that Steina will help Agnes escape, and maybe Steina will escape with her.

2. What does Agnes admire about Natan, as descried in Chapter 9?
(a) His money and generosity.
(b) His many friends and closeness to his family.
(c) His way of seeing the world and treating people with compassion.
(d) His way of seeing the world and yearning for knowledge.

3. What does Agnes give to Roslin to help with the birth?
(a) A special potion she knows from her mother.
(b) Tea of angelica root.
(c) A soft blanket to comfort her.
(d) Tea tree oil to help with the cramping.

4. 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) There is mention of the weather.
(d) A fierce blizzard takes over.

5. What does, Bjorn, Agnes' foster-father, ask her to come outside and see, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) A cow giving birth to a calf.
(b) Fresh snow.
(c) The Northern Lights.
(d) A group of ravens swooning around the farm.

6. Why does Agnes think that Natan loved Rosa, as described in Chapter 7?
(a) Rosa is very beautiful and smart, as well as a poet.
(b) Rosa is wealthy, because she writes so well.
(c) Rosa has a way with words that makes you feel them.
(d) Natan and Rosa knew each other a long time.

7. What reasoning does Blondal give in Chapter 7 for why Fridrik committed the murders?
(a) His upbringing.
(b) Natan's behavior.
(c) His lack of Christian knowledge.
(d) His jealous ways.

8. What does Agnes predict about Roslin's unborn child?
(a) The child will not survive the birth.
(b) The child will be a girl.
(c) The child will be a beautiful woman when she is older.
(d) The child will be cursed.

9. What position has Sigga taken over when Agnes moves into Natan's farm?
(a) Mistress.
(b) Wife.
(c) The housekeeper.
(d) Worker.

10. Who does Agnes meet on her way to Geitaskard, Natan's farm?
(a) Reverend Toti.
(b) Natan.
(c) Her brother, Joas.
(d) Her sister.

11. How is the overall mood of the meeting Blondal and Reverend Toti have about Agnes' spiritual progress and Toti's methods in Chapter 7?
(a) Reverend Toti yells at Blondal for making him be a spiritual advisor to Agnes.
(b) Blondal is pleased and gives Reverend Toti a raise.
(c) Blondal does not believe that Reverend Toti is following Christian ways in his advising.
(d) Blondal asks many questions, writes down answers, and says that he is pleased.

12. Why is Natan's home built to face the land and not the sea?
(a) He does not like the smell of the water.
(b) He believes that viewing water too much can cause one harm.
(c) He wants to be able to see people traveling along the mountain.
(d) His mother drowned when he was young.

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

14. 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 the family is in the soul register of Underfell's parish.
(c) He wants to ensure that Agnes is not poisoning the girls' minds.
(d) He wants to ask the family about their daily spiritual rituals.

15. 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 a thief.
(d) She is not a good lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does young Agnes go after losing her foster-family?

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

3. What is Agnes doing when Natan arrives home after Agnes has moved in?

4. What angers Fridrik and begins the motive for killing Natan, as described in Chapter 11?

5. What happens when Roslin, Margret's friend, goes into labor?

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