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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. What does Bjartur offer Asta Sollilja as a consolation for going to Myri to get an education?
(a) He offers to give her her own bedroom.
(b) He offers to buy her a new dress.
(c) He offers to take her into town.
(d) He offers to buy her a puppy.

2. What does Bjartur tell Asta on Christmas night in Section 3?
(a) He is getting a new wife.
(b) She makes horrible boiled fish.
(c) He wants her to be his wife.
(d) He is leaving Summerhouse for a while.

3. Where did Kolumkilli sail to Iceland from?
(a) The Southern Desserts.
(b) The Western Islands.
(c) The Eastern Seas.
(d) The Northern Iceburgs.

4. What does Bjartur find in "Spring Days," in Section 3?
(a) A chest of gold.
(b) A frozen corpse, most likely Helgi.
(c) A new wife.
(d) A dead lamb.

5. Why does Asta not accept Gvendur's gift in Section 4?
(a) She has no room for it at her home.
(b) She does not accept gifts.
(c) She is allergic to sheep.
(d) Her daughter is scared of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons do Bjartur and Finna have?

2. Why does the Bailiff offer to take Asta Sollilja to Myri with him?

3. What color hat does Gvendur think Ingolfur's daughter is wearing in Section 4?

4. What does Gvendur wish for during wishing time?

5. Who claims to have seen "something around the house" (277) that could explain the sheep's death in Section 3?

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