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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 are the two things that Grandmother asks Nonni to remember to do when he leaves Summerhouse, in Section 3?
(a) Tell your uncle that I love him and find a good woman to marry.
(b) Treat woman kindly and always say your prayers.
(c) Always smell the flowers and never kiss a fool.
(d) Never be insolent to those below you and never treat any animal poorly.

2. Which chapter in Section 4 begins, "Wherein lays the secret to Ingolfur Anrnarson's success"?
(a) Wind on the Heath.
(b) On the River.
(c) Politics.
(d) Sheep.

3. Who is having a conversation at the start of Section 3?
(a) Nonni and Bjartur.
(b) Asta Sollilja and Nonni.
(c) Helgi and Nonni.
(d) Nonni and his grandmother.

4. Who is Helgi worried about coming to Summerhouse in Section 3?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The neighborhood girl who wishes to be married.
(d) Madam of Myri.

5. Who does Gvendur plan to give his sheep to in Section 4?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) Asta Sollilja.
(c) Nonni.
(d) The bailiff's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bjartur's house at the end of Section 4?

2. How does Helgi die?

3. What body part of Asta Sollilja's does Bjartur stare at in Section 3?

4. Who is Brynja?

5. What does Gvendur pretend to leave behind in a ploy to talk with Ingolfur's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news does Nonni get at the end of Section 3, and what is his reaction?

3. While remembering their mother in Section 3, what do the boys remember about the elves?

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

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

6. What does Gvendur tell Asta Sollilja about Bjartur in Section 4, and how does she react?

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

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

9. What happens when Gvendur finally comes face-to-face with the Bailiff's daughter again in Section 4?

10. What impact does the "ghost" of Summerhouse have on the parish in Section 3?

(see the answer keys)

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