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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who releases Kjartan from his employment?
(a) King Olaf.
(b) Thorgerd.
(c) Bolli.
(d) Melkorka.

2. What does Halldor give Bolli?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A sword.
(c) A book.
(d) A hug.

3. Who is the Norwegian princess that takes an interest in Kjartan?
(a) Svindale.
(b) Ingibjorg.
(c) Helgi.
(d) Gudrun.

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

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

6. What happened to all of Gudrun's husbands?
(a) They fell out of love with her.
(b) They are greedy for land.
(c) They died before her.
(d) They die in battle.

7. Who is furious that Gudrun is getting married?
(a) Lambi.
(b) Snorri.
(c) Thorgils.
(d) Helgi.

8. What country becomes Christian?
(a) Norway.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Denmark.

9. What does Gudrun say about her behavior to her husbands to Bolli?
(a) That she was the most terrible to the one she loved the most.
(b) That she did not love any of her four husbands.
(c) That she grew more independent from each marriage.
(d) That she was faithful to each husband she had for however brief their marriage.

10. When does Gudrun give birth to her son?
(a) The spring.
(b) The summer.
(c) The winter.
(d) The fall.

11. What kills Kjartan?
(a) The "Leg Biter" blade.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) The onset of dementia.
(d) The great flood drowns him.

12. Whose family has an irresolvable conflict by Chapter 51?
(a) Helgi Hardbeinsson.
(b) Bolli Thorgedsson.
(c) Lambi Thorbjornsson.
(d) Olaf the Peacock.

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

14. Who ambushes Bolli?
(a) Thorbjornsson brothers.
(b) Olafsson brothers.
(c) Thorbjornsson brothers.
(d) Hardbeinsson brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Helgi?

2. How old is Gudrun's son when she is ready to enact her plans?

3. How many men does Thorgils take with him on his mission?

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

5. What does the small man who approaches Thorgils call himself?

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