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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jon Jonsson Jonsdottir abruptly leave the farm for Hvammur in Chapter 1?
(a) He wants to see see the burial grounds of the future victims.
(b) He wants to fight another Commissioner.
(c) He is going to visit his brother.
(d) He wants to speak about the situation of harboring a murderess.

2. What does Agnes predict about Roslin's unborn child?
(a) The child will be a girl.
(b) The child will not survive the birth.
(c) The child will be cursed.
(d) The child will be a beautiful woman when she is older.

3. How does Agnes respond to Rosa's poem in Chapter 5?
(a) She tells Rosa that she has no idea what she is talking about and should leave her alone.
(b) She asks Rosa to never contact her again.
(c) She explains that she does not know how this all happened, and that she is sad too.
(d) She calls Rosa despicable names.

4. When Bjorn is asleep what does Inga do with young Agnes?
(a) She makes Agnes clean.
(b) She makes Agnes recite the psalms together.
(c) She tells Agnes about her own childhood.
(d) She tells Agnes that Bjorn is a bad man.

5. What does, Bjorn, Agnes' foster-father, ask her to come outside and see, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Fresh snow.
(b) A cow giving birth to a calf.
(c) A group of ravens swooning around the farm.
(d) The Northern Lights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lauga not like Steina's relationship with Agnes?

2. How is Agnes' journey to the Jonsdottir farm?

3. How does Blondal prove to Reverend Toti in Chapter 7 that Agnes was the one who Agnes killed Natan?

4. Where is Agnes originally held after the crimes?

5. What is Petur Jonsson accused of doing that sways Margret's opinion about the crime?

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