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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "relic of the Monopoly" does the grandmother take out on Christmas night?
(a) Her kerchief.
(b) Her wooden teeth.
(c) Her hair pins.
(d) Her final sweets.

2. What do Nonni and Gvendur decide they need to get them through Bjartur's absence, in Section 3?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Candy.
(c) A woman.
(d) Tobacco.

3. What global situation is taking place at the start of Section 4?
(a) World War I.
(b) Civil Rights Movement.
(c) A meteor shower.
(d) Vietnam War.

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

5. Who does Asta Sollilja say is "harder than father" (400) in Section 4?
(a) God.
(b) Ingolfur.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Helgi.

6. Why do many people come to Summer house in Section 3?
(a) It is the only croft in the valley that has not be destroyed by blizzard.
(b) He is giving away free coffee.
(c) Bjartur is trying to find a husband for Asta.
(d) They believe it is haunted.

7. What two items does the teacher take out of his suitcase and handle with extreme care?
(a) A journal and a box of snuff.
(b) One darned sock and a patched shirt.
(c) A framed picture of his dead wife and a Bible.
(d) A suit and tie.

8. What color shirt is the teacher wearing when the children meet him in Section 3?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

9. Who posts the notice of the sale of Summerhosue in Section 4?
(a) The Fell King.
(b) Ingolfur Arnarson.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) Jon the Bailiff.

10. What does Bjartur ordered to made for Christmas dinner?
(a) An ewe's leg.
(b) Horse meat.
(c) 2 chickens.
(d) A ham.

11. What does Bjartur want Gvendur to tell Asta Sollilja in Section 4?
(a) Bjartur wants Gvendur to beg her to come back to Summerhouse.
(b) Bjartur wants Gvendur to tell her that he hates her.
(c) Bjartur wants Gvendur to kidnap her child.
(d) He wants him to recite a poem for her.

12. What does Nonni wish for during wishing time?
(a) Extra sheep.
(b) Other countries.
(c) Bread.
(d) Sweets.

13. Who marries the Fell King's daughter in Section 4?
(a) No one, she dies.
(b) Bjartur.
(c) The merchant running against Ingolfur.
(d) Gvendur.

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

15. Who is having a conversation at the start of Section 3?
(a) Asta Sollilja and Nonni.
(b) Nonni and his grandmother.
(c) Nonni and Bjartur.
(d) Helgi and Nonni.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Asta go to Rauthsmyri in Section 3?

2. According to Einar of Undirhlith in Section 4, who have Icelanders "never had any great respect for" (373)?

3. What are the two things that Grandmother asks Nonni to remember to do when he leaves Summerhouse, in Section 3?

4. What does Madam of Myri tell Bjartur when she brings Asta back to Summerhouse in Section 3?

5. What do the farmers turn their conversation to at the end of Section 4?

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