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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Book One, Part II Free of Debt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the kitchen items does Nonni envision to be the Bailiff of Myri?
(a) The broken plate.
(b) The black pot.
(c) The old spoon.
(d) Mother's good cake dish.

2. Who is Blesi?
(a) The reverend's wife.
(b) A foal.
(c) Rosa's child.
(d) A sheep.

3. How does Rosa die?
(a) Childbirth.
(b) Froze to death.
(c) Starved to death.
(d) Murdered by intruders.

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

5. What does Asta Sollilja wear into town in Section 2?
(a) The clothes she wears everyday.
(b) Her grandmother's head scarf.
(c) Finna's shawl.
(d) Rosa's best dress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bjartur do the day before the round-up in Section 1?

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

3. Who is Asta Sollilja?

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

5. What happens to Bukolla's calf in Section 2?

(see the answer key)

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