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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. What does Asta Sollilja see for the first time when she goes into town?
(a) A pregnant woman.
(b) The ocean.
(c) A goat.
(d) A circus.

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

3. What happens to Asta on the walk back to Summerhouse in Section 2?
(a) She falls and breaks her ankle.
(b) She vomits.
(c) She gets lost.
(d) She runs away from Bjartur.

4. What does Nonni ask his grandmother to tell him a story about in Section 2?
(a) Sheep.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Storms.
(d) Ghosts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kolumkilli do when the Norsemen settled in Iceland as told in Section 1?

2. Who is Asta Sollilja?

3. When does the family get their cow in Section 2?

4. How does Rosa die?

5. What excuse does Asta give to Bjartur for wanting to go to Myri, in Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Ingolfur Arnarson?

3. What is the state of Summerhouse by the end of Section 2?

4. How does the relationship between Asta Sollilja and Bjartur change over the course of Section 2?

5. Who is Gunvor?

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

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

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

9. How is the Bailiff of Myri's wife described in Section 1?

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

(see the answer keys)

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