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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position has Sigga taken over when Agnes moves into Natan's farm?

2. What happens to Agnes' foster-mother, Inga?

3. When Reverend Toti shares Blondal's advice about his spiritual counseling in Chapter 7, how does Agnes respond?

4. What would Natan maybe do if he found a book of psalms in the house, according to Sigga?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is at the crux of the disagreement between Blondal and Reverend Toti about Agnes?

2. How does Agnes reply to Reverend Toti's absence?

3. What was Agnes' first impression of Sigga when she arrives at Illugastadir?

4. How does Margret make a rejoinder to Agnes revealing that she has no mother?

5. How does Agnes approach Natan's work as a medicinal man? Why is her response ironic?

6. How does Reverend Toti relay his message to Blondal about preparing Agnes for her execution?

7. How does Agnes feel when she discerns that Sigga has the position of housekeeper?

8. What revelation did Agnes come to after examining her little sister's death?

9. Why does Margret worry about the relationship she is fostering with Agnes?

10. Why does Agnes not believe that Steina and her have anything real in common?

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