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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Reverend Toti stop visiting Agnes in Chapter 10?
(a) His father will not allow him.
(b) He needs to think about what to say.
(c) He does not want to meet with Agnes any longer.
(d) He becomes ill from all the traveling.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Why did Agnes have to leave her foster-family, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Her foster-father felt that there was no room for Agnes after the baby was born.
(b) Her foster-father Bjorn thought Agnes was lazy and did not do her chores.
(c) Her foster-father Bjorn could not afford the farm any longer.
(d) Her foster-father Bjorn did not want Agnes anymore.

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

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

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

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

10. After being accused of the murders, in Chapter 7, what does Fridrik say in response?
(a) It was fair punishment, because Natan stole from him.
(b) They were necessary and just.
(c) He was defending himself.
(d) He had nothing to do with the murders.

11. 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 goes to Katadalur where Fridrik lives.
(d) She begins to travel to the capital to find her foster-father.

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

13. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?
(a) A witness saw Agnes with a bloody knife after the killings, and Fridrik was at home with his family.
(b) 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.
(c) Agnes was angry that Natan refused to marry her and murdered him out of revenge.
(d) All women are evil and will do anything to get what they want.

14. When Bjorn is asleep what does Inga do with young Agnes?
(a) She makes Agnes clean.
(b) She tells Agnes that Bjorn is a bad man.
(c) She makes Agnes recite the psalms together.
(d) She tells Agnes about her own childhood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reasoning does Blondal give in Chapter 7 for why Fridrik committed the murders?

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

3. Who does Agnes meet on her way to Geitaskard, Natan's farm?

4. Where does Agnes go after Natan kicks her out?

5. What kind of relationship develops between Agnes and Natan after she moves to his farm?

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