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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. What does Bjartur do the day before the round-up in Section 1?
(a) Add a new stable to Summerhouse.
(b) Shave his summer beard.
(c) Get a new puppy.
(d) Buy Rosa a cow.

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

3. What are the Bernotus Rhymes?
(a) A book Bjartur gives Asta to help her learn to read.
(b) The stories that Asta's grandmother tells her and her brothers.
(c) The stories that Rosa wrote to Asta before she died.
(d) The Bible in Icelandic.

4. What is Book One titled?
(a) Independence.
(b) Viking.
(c) Icelandic Pioneer.
(d) A Wedding.

5. When does the family get their cow in Section 2?
(a) December.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) March.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa beg Bjartur to get for her in Section 1?

2. Where do Asta Sollilja and Bjartur go when they first get to town?

3. Why does Asta snuggle closer to Bjartur while they are sleeping in the same bunk?

4. What animal comes to Summerhouse in Section 2?

5. How does Rosa die?

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