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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book does Bjartur buy Asta in Section 2?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Rupunzel.
(c) The Little Mermaid.
(d) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

2. What small gift does Asta buy for herself in town?
(a) A new dress.
(b) A hankerchief.
(c) A piece of candy.
(d) A new pair of shoes.

3. What group is Ingolfur Arnarson Jonsson chairman of, in Section 1?
(a) Icelanders for Independence Association.
(b) Farmers of Iceland Association.
(c) Women's Equality Association.
(d) Young Icelanders' Association.

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

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

6. Who was Kolumkilli?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A bride.
(c) A healer.
(d) A sorcerer.

7. What animal comes to Summerhouse in Section 2?
(a) Chicken.
(b) Cow.
(c) Pig.
(d) Dog.

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

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

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

11. How many hours a day do the children work in Section 2?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 16.
(d) 3.

12. What do the crofters talk about before the wedding in Section 1?
(a) The distrust they have for the king.
(b) The women they have been with.
(c) How to brew beer.
(d) The ailments of sheep.

13. When does the family get their cow in Section 2?
(a) December.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) March.

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

15. 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 puppy.
(c) He offers to buy her a new dress.
(d) He offers to take her into town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Gullbra?

2. How does Rosa die?

3. Where do Asta Sollilja and Bjartur go when they first get to town?

4. How old is Asta Sollilja at the start of Section 2?

5. What does Bjartur decide to change the name of Winterhouse to in Section 1?

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