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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes admire about Natan, as descried in Chapter 9?
(a) His money and generosity.
(b) His many friends and closeness to his family.
(c) His way of seeing the world and treating people with compassion.
(d) His way of seeing the world and yearning for knowledge.

2. Why does Agnes decide to go where she does after being kicked out of Natan's house?
(a) She knows that this farm is understaffed and has plenty of food.
(b) It is the closest place to her, and the weather is dangerous.
(c) She thinks Natan will not find her there.
(d) She knows that there are women there who can help her.

3. What position has Sigga taken over when Agnes moves into Natan's farm?
(a) The housekeeper.
(b) Wife.
(c) Worker.
(d) Mistress.

4. After being sick for a long time, Reverend Toti wakes up in Chapter 11, and what does his father tell him?
(a) He says that he needs to rest more.
(b) He says that Toti is sleeping too much.
(c) He says that Toti needs to see a doctor.
(d) He says that Toti needs to stop seeing Agnes and focus on his own family.

5. What do Natan and Agnes do to ensure Sigga does not know about their relationship?
(a) They try to be very quiet when she is near.
(b) They do not care, because Sigga is just a servant.
(c) They tell her to sleep in a separate room.
(d) They waited until she is asleep.

6. What happens to Agnes' foster-mother, Inga?
(a) She dies during childbirth.
(b) She does not want Agnes and tries to give her away to another family.
(c) She leaves the family when Agnes is young.
(d) She hates Agnes, because Agnes is smarter than her.

7. Where does young Agnes go after losing her foster-family?
(a) Back to her real mother.
(b) Another loving family.
(c) Alone in the cold weather.
(d) A parish.

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

9. Who tries very hard to make a connection with Agnes in Chapter 7, saying, "I know you. We are alike" (169).
(a) Sigga.
(b) Petur.
(c) Steina.
(d) Jon.

10. What is the weather like the day Inga gives birth?
(a) The sunshine radiates through the clouds.
(b) A fierce blizzard takes over.
(c) There is mention of the weather.
(d) Rain rapidly pours on the rooftops.

11. What does Sigga say when Agnes asks if Natan is at church, because it is Sunday?
(a) He is at home, but in the workshop just nearby.
(b) He is at a neighboring village helping.
(c) He is at church, but will be home soon.
(d) He is not a church-going man.

12. As revealed in Chapter 10, when Natan and Daniel return from being away on a fishing trip, what does he accuse Agnes of?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Being lazy.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Cheating.

13. In Chapter 10, what does Lauga hear about Agnes in relation to the execution?
(a) She hears that Agnes was cursed, and it was prophesied that an axe would fall on her head.
(b) She hears that Agnes will not be executed at all.
(c) She hears that Agnes will escape the execution, because there are people that will help her out.
(d) She hears that Agnes was cursed, and it was believed she would kill before her execution.

14. What does Natan do to Agnes after she criticizes his interpretation of a dream?
(a) Asks her to be quiet and sleep outside.
(b) Shoves her onto the ground.
(c) Slaps her.
(d) Tells her that she is ignorant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Natan's home built to face the land and not the sea?

2. Who is young Agnes sitting next to immediately after her foster-mother Inga gives birth?

3. According to the inventory, in Chapter 6, who did the sheep and hay belong to?

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

5. What is one of the first things Agnes shares with the Reverend in Chapter 6?

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