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

2. What does Bjartur offer Asta Sollilja as a consolation for going to Myri to get an education?
(a) He offers to take her into town.
(b) He offers to give her her own bedroom.
(c) He offers to buy her a puppy.
(d) He offers to buy her a new dress.

3. Who is Gudny?
(a) The helper that the Madam of Myri sends to Summerhouse to help with the baby.
(b) Bjartur's sister-in-law who comes to help with the baby.
(c) The name he gives his daughter.
(d) Bjartur's new wife.

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

5. What does Bjartur do the day before the round-up in Section 1?
(a) Get a new puppy.
(b) Buy Rosa a cow.
(c) Add a new stable to Summerhouse.
(d) Shave his summer beard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a day do the children work in Section 2?

2. What generation of Icelandic pioneer is Bjartur?

3. What does the grandmother refer to the cow as in Section 2?

4. What does Reverend Gudmundur bring into the parish in Section 1?

5. What does Fritha do that annoys everyone in Summerhouse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Gunvor?

5. How is the title of Section 2 ironic?

6. What do Bjartur and Rosa argue about on their way back to Summerhouse in Section 1?

7. Who is Kolumkilli?

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

9. How does Rosa describe Summerhouse when she first sees it in Section 1?

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

(see the answer keys)

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