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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Book 2, Part I Hard Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bjartur do for the first time in the summer of Section 2?
(a) Employ hired labor.
(b) Go to school.
(c) Buy a boat.
(d) Sell his sheep.

2. Who is Gudny?
(a) Bjartur's new wife.
(b) The name he gives his daughter.
(c) Bjartur's sister-in-law who comes to help with the baby.
(d) The helper that the Madam of Myri sends to Summerhouse to help with the baby.

3. How does Bjartur find his sheep killed on the third day, in Section 3?
(a) Hanging from the roof.
(b) Decapitated.
(c) Dead from Lung Worm.
(d) Stuck between the rungs in the fence.

4. What happens to Asta on the walk back to Summerhouse in Section 2?
(a) She vomits.
(b) She runs away from Bjartur.
(c) She gets lost.
(d) She falls and breaks her ankle.

5. Who is Finna?
(a) Helgi's grandmother.
(b) The name of the cow.
(c) Bjartur's second wife.
(d) Bjartur's second daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nonni wish for during wishing time?

2. Why does the Bailiff offer to take Asta Sollilja to Myri with him?

3. What does Asta Sollilja see for the first time when she goes into town?

4. What does Fritha do that annoys everyone in Summerhouse?

5. How old is Bjartur's bride when he marries her in Section 1?

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