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

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

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

4. Who confesses his love to Agnes, as described in Chapter 10?
(a) Petur, a friend of Fridrik's.
(b) Daniel, a worker on the farm.
(c) Her foster-brother, Bjorn.
(d) Fridrik.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the overall mood of the meeting Blondal and Reverend Toti have about Agnes' spiritual progress and Toti's methods in Chapter 7?

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

3. Where does young Agnes go after losing her foster-family?

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

5. Why does Agnes decide to go where she does after being kicked out of Natan's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Reverend return to Agnes, even though he is sick?

3. How did Agnes feel after her baby sister was born?

4. How does Agnes describe her feelings and relationship with Natan after having a dream?

5. How does Agnes describe the Northern Lights her foster-father showed her?

6. What exactly happens in Agnes' dream of Reverend Toti, which is the true first time she met him?

7. In what ways does Agnes help Roslin get through her birth?

8. What happens when Agnes goes to the storehouse to find Inga?

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

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

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