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

2. What does Bjartur ordered to made for Christmas dinner?
(a) A ham.
(b) An ewe's leg.
(c) 2 chickens.
(d) Horse meat.

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

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

5. Who is Audur?
(a) Asta's best friend.
(b) Nonni's nanny.
(c) The Bailiff's daughter.
(d) Bjartur's new wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Gudny?

3. What does Nonni ask his grandmother to tell him a story about in Section 2?

4. What color shirt is the teacher wearing when the children meet him in Section 3?

5. What happens to Asta on the walk back to Summerhouse in Section 2?

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