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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose belongings are being auctioned off in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Fridrik Sigurdsson.
(b) Natan Ketilsson.
(c) Bjorn Blondal.
(d) Agnes Magnusdottir.

2. Who is chosen in Chapter 4 to execute the murderers?
(a) Fridrik.
(b) An unkown farmer from a neighboring village.
(c) Jon, the District Commissioner of Vatnsadalur.
(d) Natan's brother, Gudmundur Ketillson.

3. Who is the mistress of the Jonsdottir farm?
(a) Kristin.
(b) Steina.
(c) Kornitas.
(d) Sigga.

4. What does the Ministry Book say about Agnes in Chapter 4?
(a) She has four children by two different men.
(b) She is uneducated, a poor worker, and a disloyal woman.
(c) She is like any other woman.
(d) She has an excellent intellect, strong knowledge and understanding of Christianity.

5. What is the news the District Commissioner shares with the Jonsdottir girls in Chapter 1?
(a) The Jonsson family is being asked to move.
(b) He wants to speak to their father about a business deal.
(c) He believes that the girls had something to do with the murders.
(d) Agnes, one of the murderers, will be housed with them.

6. Where is the Jonsdottir family's farm?
(a) Kornsa.
(b) Hvammur.
(c) Katadalur.
(d) Illugstadir.

7. What is the nickname of Assistant Reverend Thorvardur Jonsson?
(a) Thorv.
(b) Bjorn.
(c) Steina.
(d) Toti.

8. Where were the murdered victims found?
(a) At a farm in Katadalur.
(b) A field in Reykjavik.
(c) At Natan's farm in Illugastadir.
(d) At the house of Sigridur Gudmundsdottir.

9. What does Steina confess to Agnes in Chapter 5 about the other murderess, Sigga?
(a) She confesses that Sigga is getting an appeal.
(b) She reveals that Sigga is married to Fridrik, and they left Iceland.
(c) She says that Sigga will be executed just like Agnes and Fridrik.
(d) She says that Sigga is going to be free.

10. What happens to Agnes' last possession in Chapter 3?
(a) It is used as a blanket.
(b) It is burned.
(c) It is given away.
(d) It is sold.

11. How is Natan murdered, as described in Chapter 3?
(a) He is stabbed in the belly.
(b) He is beaten to death.
(c) He is left in the cold to die.
(d) He is strangled.

12. Where does this story take place?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Denmark.
(c) France.
(d) England.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 3, it states the names of the three murderers. Who are they?
(a) Fridrik, Sigga, and Agnes.
(b) Fridrik, Petur, and Natan.
(c) Natan, Petur, and Sigga.
(d) Agnes, Sigga, and Margret.

14. Why is the Jonsdottir mother, Margret, distressed at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is distressed, because her family doesn't have enough money.
(b) She is distressed from having to keep the farm working.
(c) She is distressed, because her sons are troublemakers.
(d) She is distressed from having children and servants to look after.

15. What did Agnes do before working at Kornsa?
(a) She had a serving position.
(b) She was a devoted mother.
(c) She was a cook.
(d) She was a worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to Natan by his mother?

2. Why does Margret want to send her daughters away in Chapter 1?

3. What is the last possession Agnes owns?

4. Who does Margret speak poorly about when her friend, Roslin, visits in Chapter 3?

5. Who is obliged to help prepare Agnes Magnusdottir for her meeting with the Lord? (Chapter 1)

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