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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Blondal know, in Chapter 7, that Sigga did not commit the murders?
(a) She is not smart or big enough to commit the murders.
(b) She was not at the scene.
(c) Agnes says that Sigga had nothing to do with the crime.
(d) She is too simple-minded and too young to know how.

2. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?
(a) Agnes was angry that Natan refused to marry her and murdered him out of revenge.
(b) All women are evil and will do anything to get what they want.
(c) Natan is murdered by a stab to the belly, and Fridrik would not have done this, because he knows how to kill animals and would have slit his throat.
(d) A witness saw Agnes with a bloody knife after the killings, and Fridrik was at home with his family.

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

4. Why does Karitas, Blondal's housekeeper, stop Reverend Toti before he leaves in Chapter 7?
(a) She asks him to bring a message to Agnes, because they were friends before, and this was unfair.
(b) She wants him to know that Natan was a liar to Agnes, and he cured Blondal's wife, so Blondal is biased.
(c) She tells him that Agnes has always been a liar, and that she was jealous of Natan's relationship with Sigga.
(d) She says that Natan is a bad man and got what he deserved.

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

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

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

8. What position does Natan offer to Agnes when she first arrives at his farm?
(a) Mistress.
(b) Maid.
(c) Wife.
(d) Housekeeper.

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

10. What does Bjorn, Agnes' childhood foster-father, not like?
(a) Agnes' poor reading and writing.
(b) The way Agnes wore her hair.
(c) Agnes calling him, "Pabbi."
(d) The close relationship Agnes had with his wife, Inga.

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

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

13. What happens to Agnes' and Sigga's belongings in Chapter 6?
(a) They are all burnt.
(b) They are given away to the poor.
(c) They are given to their families.
(d) They are put up for auction.

14. What happens to Agnes' foster-mother, Inga?
(a) She dies during childbirth.
(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 hates Agnes, because Agnes is smarter than her.

15. In Chapter 7, who requests to hear about the progress Reverend Toti is making with Agnes?
(a) His Majesty.
(b) Reverend Toti's father.
(c) District Commissioner, Blondal.
(d) Reverend Toti decides himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Agnes think that Natan loved Rosa, as described in Chapter 7?

2. What does Agnes catch Fridrik doing outside the house that scared her, as described in Chapter 11?

3. What does Agnes admire about Natan, as descried in Chapter 9?

4. What does Agnes give to Roslin to help with the birth?

5. After Natan and Agnes fight, what does he do to get her back at Agnes, as described in Chapter 10?

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