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

2. Who is Blesi?
(a) A foal.
(b) Rosa's child.
(c) A sheep.
(d) The reverend's wife.

3. What do many Icelanders come to call World War I?
(a) America's shame.
(b) The Nightmare.
(c) The Blessed War.
(d) The Happy Time.

4. What animal does Bjartur and Hallbera discuss at the end of Section 4?
(a) Cows.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Pigs.

5. According to Thorir of Gilteig, what does one need to have faith in?
(a) Dogs.
(b) The land.
(c) Sheep.
(d) One's children.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do the sheep begin to show up dead in Section 3?

2. What does Asta Sollilja do on Christmas night?

3. Which chapter in Section 4 begins, "Wherein lays the secret to Ingolfur Anrnarson's success"?

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

5. What does Fritha do that annoys everyone in Summerhouse?

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