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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Book 2, Part I Hard Times.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Bukolla's calf in Section 2?
(a) It is still born.
(b) It runs away.
(c) It breaks its leg but it nursed back to health.
(d) It is killed.

2. What do Nonni and Gvendur decide they need to get them through Bjartur's absence, in Section 3?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Candy.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) A woman.

3. What does Asta Sollilja see for the first time when she goes into town?
(a) The ocean.
(b) A circus.
(c) A goat.
(d) A pregnant woman.

4. What beverage does everyone drink after the wedding in Section 1?
(a) Wine.
(b) Mead.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Vodka.

5. Who is Blesi?
(a) The reverend's wife.
(b) Rosa's child.
(c) A foal.
(d) A sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Nonni suggest his Grandmother is "about to be" (267) in Section 3?

2. How many hours a day do the children work in Section 2?

3. According to Helgi and Nonni's memory, who was their mother good friends with?

4. What does Bjartur do for the first time in the summer of Section 2?

5. Which of the kitchen items does Nonni envision to be the Bailiff of Myri?

(see the answer key)

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