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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Agnes doing when Natan arrives home after Agnes has moved in?
(a) Arguing with Sigga.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Cleaning the house.

3. Why does Agnes decide to go where she does after being kicked out of Natan's house?
(a) She knows that this farm is understaffed and has plenty of food.
(b) It is the closest place to her, and the weather is dangerous.
(c) She thinks Natan will not find her there.
(d) She knows that there are women there who can help her.

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

5. After being sick for a long time, Reverend Toti wakes up in Chapter 11, and what does his father tell him?
(a) He says that he needs to rest more.
(b) He says that Toti is sleeping too much.
(c) He says that Toti needs to see a doctor.
(d) He says that Toti needs to stop seeing Agnes and focus on his own family.

6. After Natan and Agnes fight, what does he do to get her back at Agnes, as described in Chapter 10?
(a) He made her do extra chores.
(b) He slept with Sigga.
(c) He talked about how much more he likes Sigga than her.
(d) He did not let her eat supper.

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

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

9. 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) He does not like the smell of the water.
(d) His mother drowned when he was young.

10. Who is young Agnes sitting next to immediately after her foster-mother Inga gives birth?
(a) Kjartan.
(b) Bjorn.
(c) Margret.
(d) Her dog.

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

12. What does Rosa say, in Chapter 10, about her connection to Agnes?
(a) She says that she hated her for many reasons.
(b) She states that Agnes is a liar and doesn't deserve any mercy.
(c) She says that she has no opinion.
(d) She does not ever share her opinion to anyone.

13. 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).

14. What does Agnes catch Fridrik doing outside the house that scared her, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) Yelling at Sigga.
(b) Digging in the ground.
(c) Kicking a sheep.
(d) Snooping around the barn.

15. Who tries very hard to make a connection with Agnes in Chapter 7, saying, "I know you. We are alike" (169).
(a) Petur.
(b) Jon.
(c) Sigga.
(d) Steina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rosa leave her daughter with, as described in Chapter 10?

2. Why does Natan threaten to kick Sigga out of the house, as described in Chapter 11?

3. In what condition is the badstofa in Illugstadir?

4. What is the first question Agnes asked Sigga upon meeting her?

5. What is the weather like the day Inga gives birth?

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