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

2. Who does Bjartur go to for help after Rosa dies?
(a) The Madam of Myri.
(b) The Fell King.
(c) Bjartur's mother.
(d) Rosa's mother.

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

4. How many hours a day do the children work in Section 2?
(a) 16.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

5. Who is Asta Sollilja?
(a) Rosa and Bjartur's only daughter.
(b) Rosa's mother.
(c) Bjartur's new wife.
(d) The Reverend who buries is Rosa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What generation of Icelandic pioneer is Bjartur?

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

3. Who is Ingolfur?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Rosa and Bjartur argue about during their first night back at Summerhouse?

4. Who is Kolumkilli?

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

6. Who is Gunvor?

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

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

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

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

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