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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Gudrun meet after her second husband die?
(a) Bolli.
(b) Kotkel.
(c) Thorvald.
(d) Kjartan.

2. When does Gudrun get a divorce from her first husband?
(a) After 2 years.
(b) After 2 months.
(c) After 4 years.
(d) After 6 months.

3. What are the two men growing up in Olaf's household known for?
(a) Good looks and poetic speech.
(b) Courage and strength.
(c) Bootlegging and thievery.
(d) Artistic work and cooking.

4. How does Thord die?
(a) By poisoning.
(b) Of old age.
(c) By drowning.
(d) In combat.

5. Who is Olaf the son of?
(a) Gudrun and Dalla.
(b) Freya and Kjartan.
(c) Melkorka and Hoskuld.
(d) Jorunn and Hoskuld.

6. Who does Melkorka provide with resources to travel?
(a) Olaf.
(b) Vigdis.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Kjartan.

7. Who does Gest meet when Olaf invites him to Hjardarholt ?
(a) Osvifur and Bjorn.
(b) Bolli and Kjartan.
(c) Ketil and Gudrun.
(d) Aud and Thord.

8. What are the names of Bjorn the Easterner's two children?
(a) Aud and Thord.
(b) Osvifur and Gudrun.
(c) Gest and Bolli.
(d) Helga and Hrut.

9. What is the name of the item that Bolli receives?
(a) "Amulet of Truth."
(b) "Cave Dweller."
(c) "Leg Biter."
(d) "Wise Book of Knowledge."

10. Who grows up together like brothers?
(a) Osvifur and Gudrun.
(b) Bolli and Kjartan.
(c) Gudrun and Snorri.
(d) Snorri and Bolli.

11. What is different about the item that Bolli receives?
(a) It is multicolored.
(b) It is magical.
(c) It is cursed.
(d) It never runs out.

12. Whose inheritance does Hoskuld's half-brother lay claim to?
(a) Thorgerd's.
(b) Freya's.
(c) Gudrun's.
(d) Kjartan's.

13. Where is the estate of Olaf built upon?
(a) Fallow lands of Scotland.
(b) Laxdaela.
(c) Reyjkavik.
(d) Hrappstead.

14. Who does the Norwegian that Olaf brings back to Iceland fall in love with?
(a) Thurid.
(b) Thorleik.
(c) Gudrun.
(d) Kjartan.

15. What happens to Greimund when he takes a ship to Norway?
(a) He falls in love with the ship captain's daughter.
(b) He duels to death with Bolli.
(c) A witch casts a spell on him, drowning him.
(d) It crashes and he dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Melkorka eventually marry?

2. Why is Thorleik angry with Olaf?

3. Where will the person be going that Melkorka gives the resources to travel?

4. What is the name of the grandson who receives the land Hvamm upon the death of the matriarch?

5. Whose brother did the outlaw kill?

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