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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Agnes leave Natan's farm, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) He said that he would murder her.
(b) She was scared for her life.
(c) He kicked her out.
(d) He could not afford to keep her as a servant.

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

3. When Reverend Toti shares Blondal's advice about his spiritual counseling in Chapter 7, how does Agnes respond?
(a) Blondal likes only one thing better than religious chastisement, and that is the sound of his own voice.
(b) Blondal is only out to get the murderers, because it will make him look good.
(c) Blondal doesn't care about anyone but himself, and he is a phony when it comes to religion.
(d) Blondal likes only one thing better than religious tellings, and that is giving orders.

4. What does Agnes say about Illugastadir when she arrives?
(a) "But soon winter will come like a freak wave upon the shore" (115)
(b) That "heavy clouds had blown in from the sea, and the light was fast disappearing..." (48).
(c) "And the wind was blowing so hard all the while, that sometimes I couldn't tell if it was Inga crying out, or the wind, making the candle gutter in its candlestick" (140).
(d) it was "almost on the edge of the world" (214).

5. Where does Agnes go after not being able to live in Natan's cowshed, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) She sits outside Natan's door until he lets her in.
(b) She goes to Rosa's house and hopes she can make friends and stay there.
(c) She begins to travel to the capital to find her foster-father.
(d) She goes to Katadalur where Fridrik lives.

6. What does Natan do to Agnes after she criticizes his interpretation of a dream?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Shoves her onto the ground.
(c) Asks her to be quiet and sleep outside.
(d) Tells her that she is ignorant.

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

8. What happens to Agnes' foster-mother, Inga?
(a) She hates Agnes, because Agnes is smarter than her.
(b) She leaves the family when Agnes is young.
(c) She does not want Agnes and tries to give her away to another family.
(d) She dies during childbirth.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

14. What is one of the first things Agnes shares with the Reverend in Chapter 6?
(a) "One night the two of us were working in the badstofa with Inga" (135).
(b) "I was only five years old" (135).
(c) "Death happened, and in the usual way that it happens, and yet, not like anything else at all" (135).
(d) "I tried to call Pappi also, but he didn't like it (135).

15. Why does Rosa give her daughter to another person?
(a) Rosa cannot raise her daughter.
(b) Natan is the father of Thoranna and she deserves time with him.
(c) Rosa thinks Sigga will be a better mother.
(d) Rosa wants Fridrik and his wife to be happy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Agnes and Natan live together?

3. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?

4. What is Natan out doing when Agnes first arrives at his home to live?

5. Agnes meets Reverend Toti twice before seeking his counsel as her spiritual advisor for her crimes. What is the second instance?

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