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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Book 2 Part II Years of Prosperity .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two things that Grandmother asks Nonni to remember to do when he leaves Summerhouse, in Section 3?
(a) Tell your uncle that I love him and find a good woman to marry.
(b) Always smell the flowers and never kiss a fool.
(c) Never be insolent to those below you and never treat any animal poorly.
(d) Treat woman kindly and always say your prayers.

2. What happens to Asta on the walk back to Summerhouse in Section 2?
(a) She falls and breaks her ankle.
(b) She gets lost.
(c) She runs away from Bjartur.
(d) She vomits.

3. What "relic of the Monopoly" does the grandmother take out on Christmas night?
(a) Her hair pins.
(b) Her wooden teeth.
(c) Her kerchief.
(d) Her final sweets.

4. What is Myri?
(a) The name of the herd of sheep.
(b) What the Icelandic people call the harvest season.
(c) The farm that is the seat of the local Bailiff.
(d) The curse put on the land.

5. What does Bjartur find in "Spring Days," in Section 3?
(a) A frozen corpse, most likely Helgi.
(b) A dead lamb.
(c) A chest of gold.
(d) A new wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gvendur meet in Section 4?

2. What beverage does everyone drink after the wedding in Section 1?

3. What question does the bookseller ask Asta?

4. What small gift does Asta buy for herself in town?

5. What gives Asta such fear on Christmas night in Section 3?

(see the answer key)

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