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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Book 2 Part II Years of Prosperity .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who posts the notice of the sale of Summerhosue in Section 4?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) Ingolfur Arnarson.
(c) The Fell King.
(d) Jon the Bailiff.

2. Who is Brynja?
(a) Gvendur's girlfriend.
(b) Bjartur's new dog.
(c) Gvendur's son.
(d) Bjartur's third housekeeper.

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

4. What does Fritha do that annoys everyone in Summerhouse?
(a) She cannot cook.
(b) She passes gas.
(c) She talks too much.
(d) She is lazy with her work.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gvendur plan to move in Section 4?

2. How much does the Bailiff offer Bjartur for Summerhouse in Section 4?

3. What is odd about the teacher?

4. What do the farmers turn their conversation to at the end of Section 4?

5. Who goes to see the minister about the supposed ghost in Summerhouse, in Section 3?

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