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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) A circus.
(c) A goat.
(d) The ocean.

2. When does the family get their cow in Section 2?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) May.

3. What happens to Bukolla's calf in Section 2?
(a) It breaks its leg but it nursed back to health.
(b) It is killed.
(c) It runs away.
(d) It is still born.

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

5. What is Book One titled?
(a) A Wedding.
(b) Independence.
(c) Viking.
(d) Icelandic Pioneer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Nonni at the start of Section 2?

2. Who does Bjartur go to for help after Rosa dies?

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

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

5. Who donated the cow to the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 1, how are the conversations between the men and women different on Bjartur and Rosa's wedding day?

2. Who is Ingolfur Arnarson?

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

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

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

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. Who is Gunvor?

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

10. How is Asta Sollilja described in Section 2?

(see the answer keys)

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