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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rosa not want to be left alone in Section 1, when Bjartur goes to look for Gullbra?
(a) She is starving.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is going crazy.
(d) The weather is too hot.

2. What happens to many of Bjartur's sheep in Section 2?
(a) They give birth.
(b) They are sold.
(c) They are eaten by a wolf.
(d) They get lung worm.

3. What does Rosa beg Bjartur to get for her in Section 1?
(a) A maid.
(b) A new house.
(c) A baby.
(d) A cow.

4. Why does Asta snuggle closer to Bjartur while they are sleeping in the same bunk?
(a) She is overcome with emotion.
(b) She thinks she must.
(c) She is dreaming.
(d) She is cold and scared.

5. What does Bjartur decide to change the name of Winterhouse to in Section 1?
(a) Tilda's land.
(b) Sheepville.
(c) Winterfeilds.
(d) Summerhouse.

6. What generation of Icelandic pioneer is Bjartur?
(a) 13th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 11th.

7. What Holiday is mentioned in "The Wedding" in Section 1?
(a) Sheep Day.
(b) Holy Day.
(c) Term Day.
(d) Ice Day.

8. Who keeps Rosa's baby alive before Bjartur returns in Section 1?
(a) Tilta the dog.
(b) No one. The baby died.
(c) The Madam of Myri.
(d) Bjartur's maid.

9. What is Bjartur's wife's name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jensie.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Nelly.

10. Who is talking at the start of Section 2?
(a) Bjartur.
(b) Asta Sollilja.
(c) Finna.
(d) Nonni.

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

12. What happens to Bukolla at the end of Section 2?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She dies in a snow storm.
(c) She had a baby.
(d) She is killed by Bjartur.

13. Who is Thorthur of Nithurkot?
(a) Rosa's father.
(b) Rosa's best friend.
(c) The name of the county that they live.
(d) Bjartur's landlord.

14. Who is Tulinus Jensen?
(a) The manager of Bruni's.
(b) The name of the region where Bjartur lives.
(c) The bishop who will marry Bjartur and Rosa.
(d) Bjartur's uncle.

15. What happens to Gullbra?
(a) She is lost in the river.
(b) She gives birth.
(c) She is buried alive.
(d) She is killed by Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the bookseller ask Asta?

2. What is the Baliff of Myri's wife called in Section 1?

3. Who donated the cow to the family?

4. What does Asta Sollilja see for the first time when she goes into town?

5. Who is Gullbra?

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