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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. According to the chapter titled, "Day," how are the family meals eaten?
(a) Starting with a prayer.
(b) The animals eat first and then the humans.
(c) The men eat first and then the women.
(d) In silence.

2. What are the Bernotus Rhymes?
(a) The Bible in Icelandic.
(b) The stories that Asta's grandmother tells her and her brothers.
(c) A book Bjartur gives Asta to help her learn to read.
(d) The stories that Rosa wrote to Asta before she died.

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

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

5. How long is Bjartur gone while he is looking for Gullbra?
(a) 7 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 2 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa tell Bjartur she is craving in Section 1?

2. What does Bjartur do for the first time in the summer of Section 2?

3. Who is talking at the start of Section 2?

4. Who is Gudny?

5. What does Bjartur do the day before the round-up in Section 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are examples of Nonni's imagination in Section 2?

2. How is Asta Sollilja described in Section 2?

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

4. Who is Kolumkilli?

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

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

7. Who is Gunvor?

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

9. Who is Ingolfur Arnarson?

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

(see the answer keys)

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