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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the teacher bring for the children?
(a) Books.
(b) Maps.
(c) Letters from Bjartur.
(d) Meat.

2. How much does the Bailiff offer Bjartur for Summerhouse in Section 4?
(a) 30,000 crowns.
(b) $35 American dollars.
(c) 5 crowns.
(d) 15,000 crowns.

3. How does Helgi die?
(a) He catches a cold.
(b) He is killed by Bjartur.
(c) He wanders off into the snow.
(d) He hangs himself.

4. What does Gvendur try to sell Bjartur in Section 4?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His horse.
(c) His ticket to America.
(d) His ewes.

5. How old is Gvendur at the start of Section 4?
(a) 19.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 17.

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

7. Who does Gvendur meet in Section 4?
(a) The Bailiff's daughter.
(b) The president.
(c) His real father.
(d) His new boss.

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

9. Who gives Bjartur his new property after he loses Summerhouse?
(a) Ingolfur.
(b) Hallbera.
(c) Gvendur.
(d) Asta Sollilja.

10. What does Asta wish for during wishing time?
(a) Love.
(b) Her mother to be alive again.
(c) That her grandmother will never die.
(d) That she will leave Summerhouse.

11. What does Bjartur claim is killing his sheep, in Section 3?
(a) Lung Worm.
(b) Evil Sprites.
(c) Rats.
(d) Drought.

12. What does Bjartur tell Asta Sollilja in Section 3?
(a) She is moving to America.
(b) He is not her real father.
(c) He is going back to town for good.
(d) He has found Helgi alive.

13. Who died the same day that Finna died?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The lambs.
(c) Nonni.
(d) Bukolla.

14. What is "in great demand in the country districts" (383) in Section 4?
(a) Sheep's wool.
(b) Coffee from the valley.
(c) Salt fish.
(d) Rural Culture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What global situation is taking place at the start of Section 4?

2. What does Asta Sollilja do on Christmas night?

3. What does Bjartur ordered to made for Christmas dinner?

4. Where does Nonni learn he will go in Section 3?

5. Why does Asta not accept Gvendur's gift in Section 4?

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