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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Natan's home built to face the land and not the sea?
(a) He believes that viewing water too much can cause one harm.
(b) He wants to be able to see people traveling along the mountain.
(c) He does not like the smell of the water.
(d) His mother drowned when he was young.

2. Why does Rosa give her daughter to another person?
(a) Rosa cannot raise her daughter.
(b) Natan is the father of Thoranna and she deserves time with him.
(c) Rosa thinks Sigga will be a better mother.
(d) Rosa wants Fridrik and his wife to be happy.

3. What does Agnes say about Illugastadir when she arrives?
(a) "But soon winter will come like a freak wave upon the shore" (115)
(b) "And the wind was blowing so hard all the while, that sometimes I couldn't tell if it was Inga crying out, or the wind, making the candle gutter in its candlestick" (140).
(c) That "heavy clouds had blown in from the sea, and the light was fast disappearing..." (48).
(d) it was "almost on the edge of the world" (214).

4. Who does Fridrik court, as described in Chapter 11?
(a) Sigga.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Kornitas.
(d) Rosa.

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

6. What position does Natan offer to Agnes when she first arrives at his farm?
(a) Maid.
(b) Mistress.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Wife.

7. What does Fridrik's mother tell him when she learns of his fight with Natan?
(a) She tells Fridrik to break-up with Sigga to stop all of this.
(b) She tells Fridrik to consider marrying Agnes now that she has no home.
(c) She says that Fridrik will not have Sigga as long as Natan is alive.
(d) She says that Fridrik needs to stop fighting with Natan and causing problems.

8. How is the overall mood of the meeting Blondal and Reverend Toti have about Agnes' spiritual progress and Toti's methods in Chapter 7?
(a) Reverend Toti yells at Blondal for making him be a spiritual advisor to Agnes.
(b) Blondal asks many questions, writes down answers, and says that he is pleased.
(c) Blondal does not believe that Reverend Toti is following Christian ways in his advising.
(d) Blondal is pleased and gives Reverend Toti a raise.

9. In what condition is the badstofa in Illugstadir?
(a) Very small with only four bunks.
(b) Larger than Agnes expected.
(c) It is falling apart, and there is no fire burning.
(d) It is beautifully decorated.

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

11. According to the inventory, in Chapter 6, who did the sheep and hay belong to?
(a) Sigga.
(b) Rosa.
(c) Margret.
(d) Agnes.

12. What does Bjorn, Agnes' childhood foster-father, not like?
(a) Agnes' poor reading and writing.
(b) The close relationship Agnes had with his wife, Inga.
(c) Agnes calling him, "Pabbi."
(d) The way Agnes wore her hair.

13. Why did Agnes have to leave her foster-family, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Her foster-father Bjorn thought Agnes was lazy and did not do her chores.
(b) Her foster-father Bjorn did not want Agnes anymore.
(c) Her foster-father felt that there was no room for Agnes after the baby was born.
(d) Her foster-father Bjorn could not afford the farm any longer.

14. Where do Agnes and Natan live together?
(a) Illugastadir.
(b) Flaga.
(c) Gafl.
(d) Kornsa.

15. Agnes meets Reverend Toti twice before seeking his counsel as her spiritual advisor for her crimes. What is the second instance?
(a) They lived in the same town and went to church together.
(b) She had a crush on him from early childhood.
(c) From afar as he helps another woman.
(d) In a dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What angers Fridrik and begins the motive for killing Natan, as described in Chapter 11?

2. After Natan and Agnes fight, what does he do to get her back at Agnes, as described in Chapter 10?

3. What does Agnes catch Fridrik doing outside the house that scared her, as described in Chapter 11?

4. Who does Agnes first see when she reaches Illugastadir?

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

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