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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the baby after Inga gives birth?

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

3. As revealed in Chapter 10, when Natan and Daniel return from being away on a fishing trip, what does he accuse Agnes of?

4. Before the crime, how do Agnes and Natan meet?

5. What does Fridrik's mother tell him when she learns of his fight with Natan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Ravens are a common theme throughout the story. What do the ravens represent in the following scenario? Agnes turned away after finding Fridrik kicking Natan's dead sheep outside. She felt this was only the beginning of a more violent incident to come. "I turned around ... and saw a raven descent upon the sheep. It gave a mournful caw and then plunged its beak into the innards" (267). The ravens brutally attacked an already dead animal right after Agnes sees Fridrik committed the same act.

2. Why does Agnes believe that she may have been friends with Poet-Rosa under different circumstances?

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

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

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

6. What did Daniel, Natan's worker, say to Agnes about her relationship? Why?

7. In Poet-Rosa's poem to Natan Ketilsson, what overall message does she convey to him?

8. Why does Agnes' "mouth ache" after meeting with Reverend Toti?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Natan Ketilsson affect Agnes' life for good or bad? Give examples of both, but determine whether his influence is beneficial or detrimental to Agnes' future and sense of self.

Essay Topic 2

To what extent does Reverend Toti fulfill his task of bringing Agnes to God? Give two examples of when he is successful and two of when he failed.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Agnes' opinion: "They will blow us all out, one by one, until it is only their light by which they see themselves. Where will I be then" (1)? How does she see the world and the human condition according to this quote? Do you agree/disagree?

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