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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Book 2 Part II Years of Prosperity .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Asta Sollilja and Bjartur go when they first get to town?
(a) The pub.
(b) The beach.
(c) Bruni's shop.
(d) The guest house to leave their belongings while they run errands.

2. What is said to be "two sisters" (293) in Section 3?
(a) Summer and hopelessness.
(b) Justice and mid-winter.
(c) Poetry and spring time.
(d) Fall and Mold.

3. What happens to Bukolla's calf in Section 2?
(a) It is still born.
(b) It is killed.
(c) It breaks its leg but it nursed back to health.
(d) It runs away.

4. What do the farmers turn their conversation to at the end of Section 4?
(a) Worms.
(b) Women.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Houses.

5. What body part of Asta Sollilja's does Bjartur stare at in Section 3?
(a) Hair.
(b) Breast.
(c) Cheek.
(d) Butt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What coveted item does Brynja own?

2. What happens to many of Bjartur's sheep in Section 2?

3. What "relic of the Monopoly" does the grandmother take out on Christmas night?

4. Why does Asta go to Rauthsmyri in Section 3?

5. Who is talking at the start of Section 2?

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