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

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

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

4. Who was Kolumkilli?
(a) A bride.
(b) A sorcerer.
(c) A warrior.
(d) A healer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa beg Bjartur to get for her in Section 1?

2. How old is Bjartur's bride when he marries her in Section 1?

3. What does Asta Sollilja wear into town in Section 2?

4. What group is Ingolfur Arnarson Jonsson chairman of, in Section 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Ingolfur Arnarson?

2. Who is Gullbra and what happens to her in Section 1?

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

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

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

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

7. Who is Kolumkilli?

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

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

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

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