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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 question does the bookseller ask Asta?
(a) Do you agree that parents know best?
(b) Do you agree that Shakespeare is the best writer?
(c) Do you agree one must adapt to the times?
(d) Do you agree that having a cow is a luxury?

2. Where do Asta Sollilja and Bjartur go when they first get to town?
(a) The beach.
(b) The guest house to leave their belongings while they run errands.
(c) The pub.
(d) Bruni's shop.

3. What do the crofters talk about before the wedding in Section 1?
(a) The women they have been with.
(b) How to brew beer.
(c) The distrust they have for the king.
(d) The ailments of sheep.

4. What does the family name their cow in Section 2?
(a) Bukolla.
(b) Jencola.
(c) Gracilyn.
(d) GinGin.

5. What Holiday is mentioned in "The Wedding" in Section 1?
(a) Term Day.
(b) Ice Day.
(c) Sheep Day.
(d) Holy Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Kolumkilli sail to Iceland from?

2. What does the Bailiff give to Asta Sollilja in Section 2?

3. What animal pulls Bjartur into the river in Section 1?

4. What is Myri?

5. Which of the kitchen items does Nonni envision to be the Bailiff of Myri?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Gunvor?

6. As the start of Section 2, what secret does Nonni reveal to his Granny?

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

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

9. How does Bjartur express his connection to his dog in Section 1?

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

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