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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does this story take place?
(a) England.
(b) Denmark.
(c) France.
(d) Iceland.
2. In the Prologue, Agnes reveals what to the reader?
(a) She reveals she is an orphan.
(b) She reveals she has taken the lives of two men.
(c) She reveals that she is unmarried and unhappy.
(d) She reveals that she is in love with a married man.
3. What does Agnes believe is punishment coming from God in Chapter 3?
(a) Reverend Toti.
(b) Sleeplessness.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) A new relationship.
4. Who is chosen in Chapter 4 to execute the murderers?
(a) Jon, the District Commissioner of Vatnsadalur.
(b) Natan's brother, Gudmundur Ketillson.
(c) Fridrik.
(d) An unkown farmer from a neighboring village.
5. How does Agnes describe how other people think about her crime?
(a) "There was a moment during that night when I looked back" (1).
(b) "I will vanish into the air and night" (1).
(c) "They said that I must die. They said that I stole the breath from men, and now they must steal mine" (1).
(d) "Sometimes I think I see it again, the farm, burning in the dark" (1).
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Agnes feel about the way "truth" is understood by people, as described in Chapter 4?
2. Why does the District Commissioner feel it is appropriate for him to ask the Jonsdottir family to house a murderer?
3. Who catches Agnes looking at the silver brooch in Chapter 3?
4. What does the Ministry Book say about Agnes in Chapter 4?
5. What does Steina confess to Agnes in Chapter 5 about the other murderess, Sigga?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Agnes respond to Reverend Toti's initial comments about prayer and absolution?
2. How does Margret respond to Roslin's opinions? Why?
3. How does Margret view Agnes while she is cleaning her?
4. What is the issue Agnes has with Reverend Toti?
5. How does Margret express herself to Agnes the first morning?
6. Why does Margret point out the ravens in the sky to Reverend Toti?
7. What does Margret think about the morning after Agnes' arrival?
8. How does the Supreme Court Trials describe the crime?
9. How does Agnes argue with Reverend Toti about the meaning of 'truth'" (126)?
10. Why might Agnes say, "What a person does, and to know a person is, very different thing" (103)?
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