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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 buy her a puppy.
(b) He offers to give her her own bedroom.
(c) He offers to take her into town.
(d) He offers to buy her a new dress.

2. What does Asta Sollilja wear into town in Section 2?
(a) Finna's shawl.
(b) Rosa's best dress.
(c) The clothes she wears everyday.
(d) Her grandmother's head scarf.

3. What happens to Asta on the walk back to Summerhouse in Section 2?
(a) She gets lost.
(b) She falls and breaks her ankle.
(c) She vomits.
(d) She runs away from Bjartur.

4. Who is Asta Sollilja?
(a) Bjartur's new wife.
(b) Rosa's mother.
(c) Rosa and Bjartur's only daughter.
(d) The Reverend who buries is Rosa.

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

6. Which of the kitchen items does Nonni envision to be the Bailiff of Myri?
(a) The black pot.
(b) Mother's good cake dish.
(c) The broken plate.
(d) The old spoon.

7. What does the Bailiff give to Asta Sollilja in Section 2?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A ceramic pie dish.
(c) A silver coin.
(d) A book of prayers.

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

9. What animal pulls Bjartur into the river in Section 1?
(a) Dog.
(b) Reindeer.
(c) Elk.
(d) Moose.

10. What does the grandmother refer to the cow as in Section 2?
(a) The prophet.
(b) Sheep's herder.
(c) Milk maid.
(d) Thrice blessed creature.

11. Who is Tilta?
(a) Bjartur's favorite sheep.
(b) Bjartur's new wife.
(c) The Baliff's wife.
(d) Bjartur's dog.

12. Who is Ingolfur?
(a) The Bailiff's son.
(b) Bjartur's new wife.
(c) The name of the cow.
(d) Asta's teacher.

13. How many sons do Bjartur and Finna have?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

14. What does Rosa wish to leave on Gunnvor's tomb in Section 1?
(a) A collection of tea.
(b) Sheep's milk.
(c) A cross.
(d) A stone.

15. What does Reverend Gudmundur bring into the parish in Section 1?
(a) A blessing on the crops.
(b) A curse.
(c) A new form of religion.
(d) An admirable breed of sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Bjartur buy Asta in Section 2?

2. What happens to Bukolla's calf in Section 2?

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

4. What beverage does everyone drink after the wedding in Section 1?

5. What do the crofters talk about before the wedding in Section 1?

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