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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who aids Kjartan's brothers in seeking revenge?
(a) Lambi and Helgi.
(b) Gudrun and Hrefna.
(c) Bolli and Olaf.
(d) Thorvald and Hrut.

2. How many men are at the estate that Thorgil seeks sanctuary?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. Whose prophecy is completed by the death in Breidafjord?
(a) Olaf.
(b) Bolli.
(c) Helgi.
(d) Gert.

4. How is Lambi related to Melkorka?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandson.
(d) Her lover.

5. Who kills Helgi?
(a) Thorgils Svendarsson.
(b) Lambi Thorbjornsson.
(c) Bolli Bollason.
(d) Thorstein the Black.

6. Who does Snorri visit to warn of possible vengeance?
(a) Thordis.
(b) Halldor.
(c) Thorkel.
(d) Thorleik.

7. What is the name of Gudrun's son?
(a) Helgafell.
(b) Lindvald.
(c) Thorkel.
(d) Saelingsdale.

8. Despite his emotional pain, what does Kjartan do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Start a war.
(c) Attend Bolli's wedding.
(d) Take over his father's property.

9. What does the person who finds Gudrun smear on her clothes after killing her husband?
(a) Blood.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Oil.
(d) Pig's guts.

10. Who does Helgi send away from the estate?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Women.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Children.

11. Who is Hrefna?
(a) Bolli's wife.
(b) Kjartan's wife.
(c) Helgi's wife.
(d) Olaf's wife.

12. From what family line is Thorgils descended from?
(a) Helgi the soldier.
(b) Unn the deep-minded.
(c) Bjorn the Easterner.
(d) Snorri the Priest.

13. What is the name of Gudrun's son by her new husband chosen by Snorri?
(a) Gellier.
(b) Thordis.
(c) Lambi.
(d) Thorkel.

14. What does Gudrun join?
(a) A royal court.
(b) A cult.
(c) A commune.
(d) A nunnery.

15. Who are the men who try to help Helgi in his fight?
(a) His wife, his daughter, and two servants.
(b) A friend, a cook, a shepherd, and a servant.
(c) A son, a shepherd, and two outlaws.
(d) A child, a lover, a priest, and a bartender.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the Breidafjord?

2. What does Halldor give Bolli?

3. How many men try to help Helgi in his fight?

4. What does Gudrun say about her behavior to her husbands to Bolli?

5. Who rides off to find Hardbeinsson by the end of Chapter 60?

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