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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the chapter titled, "Day," how are the family meals eaten?
(a) Starting with a prayer.
(b) The animals eat first and then the humans.
(c) In silence.
(d) The men eat first and then the women.

2. 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.

3. Who donated the cow to the family?
(a) The Women's Institute.
(b) The Co-operative Society.
(c) The people for Icelandic Independence.
(d) The Shriners.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the river that Bjartur is pulled into in Section 1?

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

5. What does Nonni dream about in Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Madam of Myri compare the townsmen from the country men in Section 1?

2. What is Bruni, in Section 1, and how does it help the farmers?

3. How is Asta Sollilja described in Section 2?

4. How does Asta Sollilja feel about the Bailiff's proposal of an education in Section 2, and what compromise is reached?

5. How do Sollilja's feelings about town change once she goes there in Section 2?

6. The novel opens with a story of Kolumkilli. Why would the author open with this story?

7. How is the title of Section 2 ironic?

8. What does Bjartur tell the Bailiff about Asta Sollilja in Section 2?

9. What does Bjartur find when he comes back to Summerhouse after he is out searching for Gullbra, in Section 1?

10. Who is Bukolla and how does she impact the family in Section 2?

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