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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does this story take place?
2. Who is the mistress of the Jonsdottir farm?
3. Why is Roslin initially concerned about Margret in Chapter 3?
4. What will the Jonsdottir family be given for keeping Agnes?
5. What is Petur Jonsson accused of doing that sways Margret's opinion about the crime?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Margret think about the morning after Agnes' arrival?
2. How does Agnes feel about her conviction at the start of the narrative?
3. How does Margret view Agnes while she is cleaning her?
4. Where do we clearly see the difference of opinion toward Agnes between the Jonsdottir girls?
5. How does Reverend Toti view Agnes upon their first meeting?
6. Agnes thinks, "Here, man. Here is your smile. Is it a good one? Do you see my lips crack? Do you see my teeth" (39)? Why would she say this to an officer?
7. How does Agnes feel while working in the field at the Kornsa farm?
8. What happens in Agnes' dream? What's one possible translation? (113).
9. What are Agnes' emotions like when she first arrives at Kornsa?
10. What does Poet-Rosa's poem accuse Agnes of doing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How and why does Margret Jonsdottir's opinion of Agnes progress over time? List specific examples of how she feels once Agnes arrives and then when Agnes is preparing for her execution.
Essay Topic 2
Paraphrase the following quotes and examine what they say about the human condition. What does a person want from life and what is lacking?
(Agnes) "I expected him (Reverend Toti) to understand me from the start. I want him to understand me, but I'm a fool to think we speak the same tongue. I may as well be talking to him with a stone in my mouth, trying to find a language that we both understand" (115).
(Agnes) "Toti wishes to hear about my family, but what I have told him has not been what he wants to hear. He must not be used to gnarled trees that grow in this valley, where the branches rope about one another, studded with thorns" (115).
Essay Topic 3
Agnes tackles the idea of truth throughout the text; it appears it is a very contentious topic for her. How does she view truth and why do you think she has come to those conclusions? Provide four quotes that prove Agnes' definition of truth.
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