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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. Who was Kolumkilli?
(a) A healer.
(b) A warrior.
(c) A bride.
(d) A sorcerer.

2. Why does the Bailiff offer to take Asta Sollilja to Myri with him?
(a) To marry her.
(b) To use her as a maid.
(c) To use her as a nanny.
(d) To educate her.

3. What does Rosa tell Bjartur she is craving in Section 1?
(a) Cod Fish.
(b) Meat.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sugar.

4. When the children ask the teacher about Bjartur in Section 3, what does the teacher refer to Bjartur as?
(a) A prince.
(b) A viking.
(c) A king.
(d) A scoundrel.

5. What does Bjartur tell Asta Sollilja in Section 3?
(a) She is moving to America.
(b) He is going back to town for good.
(c) He is not her real father.
(d) He has found Helgi alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What generation of Icelandic pioneer is Bjartur?

2. What does Bjartur decide to change the name of Winterhouse to in Section 1?

3. What does the grandmother refer to the cow as in Section 2?

4. How does Bjartur find his sheep killed on the third day, in Section 3?

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

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