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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Book 2 Part III Conclusion .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bjartur want Gvendur to tell Asta Sollilja in Section 4?
(a) He wants him to recite a poem for her.
(b) Bjartur wants Gvendur to kidnap her child.
(c) Bjartur wants Gvendur to beg her to come back to Summerhouse.
(d) Bjartur wants Gvendur to tell her that he hates her.

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

3. What happens to Bukolla at the end of Section 2?
(a) She is killed by Bjartur.
(b) She had a baby.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She dies in a snow storm.

4. What did Kolumkilli do when the Norsemen settled in Iceland as told in Section 1?
(a) Cursed the land.
(b) Married off his daughter to them.
(c) Taught them to plant corn.
(d) Taught them to herb sheep.

5. What does Gvendur wish for during wishing time?
(a) Father's sheep will have a good winter.
(b) He will get married.
(c) Finna will be alive again.
(d) Helgi will come home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Baliff of Myri's wife called in Section 1?

2. Who is Audur?

3. How old is Asta Sollilja at the start of Section 2?

4. Accordign to the protester in Section 5, where is a man "much more independent" (472)?

5. What are the two things that Grandmother asks Nonni to remember to do when he leaves Summerhouse, in Section 3?

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