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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. How old does Nonni suggest his Grandmother is "about to be" (267) in Section 3?
(a) 77.
(b) 86.
(c) 100.
(d) 90.

2. What does Asta wish for during wishing time?
(a) That she will leave Summerhouse.
(b) Love.
(c) That her grandmother will never die.
(d) Her mother to be alive again.

3. What do the farmers turn their conversation to at the end of Section 4?
(a) Women.
(b) Houses.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Worms.

4. Who marries the Fell King's daughter in Section 4?
(a) Bjartur.
(b) The merchant running against Ingolfur.
(c) No one, she dies.
(d) Gvendur.

5. According to Einar of Undirhlith in Section 4, who have Icelanders "never had any great respect for" (373)?
(a) Cows.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many winters has Bjartur now spent in his new house, by the end of Section 4?

2. What two items does the teacher take out of his suitcase and handle with extreme care?

3. Who goes to see the minister about the supposed ghost in Summerhouse, in Section 3?

4. What is odd about the teacher?

5. Who is Helgi worried about coming to Summerhouse in Section 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What big news is revealed about Asta Sollilja in Section 3?

2. What does Bjartur do in retaliation for his sheep being killed in Section 3?

3. Who is Brynja?

4. What strange things happens to the Bjartur's flock of sheep in Section 3?

5. In Section 4, Bjartur reveals his attitude about housekeepers. What is this attitude?

6. How does Bjartur treat all the people who come to his home in Section 3?

7. What is the problem with the house that Bjartur builds in Section 4?

8. In Section 3, what does Helgi say about Fritha's "prophecies"?

9. What impact does WWI have on Iceland, as told in Section 4?

10. What does Bjartur say to Gvendur when Gvendur tells him he is leaving for America in Section 4?

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