Who is the future lord of Solveig s clan? Harald / her brother (p. 2) Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby DTDL & GLADL Battle of the Books 2016 According to Solveig, Solveig s father promised to send them a ship full of what? Food, clothing, and blankets (p. 2) What does Solveig notice about the fjord that makes her worry? It s freezing over (p. 2) What is the name of the only livestock animal Solveig and the others brought with them? And what kind of animal is it? Hilda, it s a goat (p. 3) Where does Hilda sleep at night? In the hall by the hearth (p. 4) How did Solveig s mother die? Giving birth to Harald (p. 5) Who is Bera? She is a servant to the household; she s the cook (also acceptable) (p. 5) Who is Raudi, and what happened to Raudi s brother? He is Bera s son, a servant, and his brother died in battle (p. 6) According to Solveig, who is the kindest and handsomest warrior at the steading? Per (p. 7) What it the name of the warrior that both Solveig and Asa seem to have feelings for? Per (p. 7-8) Solveig says Ole is a thrall. What does that mean? It means he is a slave that was captured in war (p. 7) What does Solveig think is the reason behind Raudi s ill temper at the beginning of the book? She thinks it s because he blames her family for their being at the steading & being threatened with starvation (p. 8) What type of ship is a knarr? It is a cargo ship (p. 12) What type of ship is a drekar, and why are Solveig and the others concerned when they see it? It is a ship of war, and they are concerned because they were expecting a cargo ship (p. 12) When the war ship first appears, where does Per tell Ole to take the members of the household? To a cave at the base of the glacier (p. 15) What type of warrior make up Solveig s father s personal guard? Berserkers (p. 17) What is unique about what the berserkers wear into battle? They don t wear armor just animal furs/skins (p. 17) What do the berserkers say is the reason they came to the steading where Solveig and the others are? To protect the king s heir (Harald) (p. 18)
Who is Alric, and what is his job? He is the king s skald, it is his job to tell stories / be the bearer of history (p. 19) Who says the following quote: Can your sword grant immortality? Because my voice can. You would defend the king s body, but I would defend his legend. Alric (p. 19) What did the berserkers bring with them that solved a problem at the steading? They brought food and supplies (p. 18) What livestock animals did the berserkers bring with them? Two cows (p. 21) How many berserkers come to stay at the steading with Solveig and the others? Twenty (p. 24) What two things does Alric say is required for a fine skald? Memory and sight (p. 26) Who tells Solveig she would make a fine skald? What two qualities does this person say she has? Alric. He says Solveig is observant and intelligent. (Also acceptable memory and sight) (p. 25-26) After the berserkers arrive, which member of the family helps Bera with the cooking? Solveig (p. 30) What is the special term Solveig gives for battle fury, when neither friend nor foe is safe? Berserkergang (p. 31) When a berserker says something rude to Asa in the dining hall, who defends her and demands an apology from the berserker? Per (p. 33) In the story Solveig tells Harald, what is the name of the warrior that battles the dragon Fafnir? Sigurd (p. 35) Solveig finds something in the storehouse that upsets her greatly. Why was she upset? And who did the thing that upset her? She was upset because she found Hilda dead; the berserkers killed Hilda (p. 38) After Solveig discovers what happened to Hilda, why is she upset with Per? He knew and didn t tell her (also acceptable: he said It was just a goat ) (p. 41) After the incident with Hilda, where does Solveig run to, and where does she find shelter? She runs to the glacier in the mountains; she finds shelter in a cave (p. 42, 45) What is unusual about the cave by the base of the glacier? It s warm inside / it s naturally heated (p. 46) In the nightmare Solveig has, what appears in the sky above the steading? a cloud the shape of a wolf s head (p. 47) In the nightmare Solveig has, what happens to the glacier? It comes down the mountain (p. 48) Who is the first to discover Solveig in the cave after she ran away? Ole (p. 49)
What is Ole holding in his hand when he discovers Solveig in the cave? His bone knife (p. 49) In the story Alric tells after Solveig is found, how does Thor fool the giant and regain his hammer? He dresses up and pretends to be Freyja (p. 53) In Alric s story, where did Hilda the goat end up? In Odin s Hall (p. 55) In the hall after Alric s story, why did Raudi come and apologize to Solveig? He felt he should have stood up for her when Per said Hilda was just a goat. (p.56) What does Solveig find in the woods the day after she returns from running away? She finds a runestone (p. 61) What is the special word Solveig gives for the undead from legend? Haugbui (p. 61) When Solveig found the runestone in the forest, what creature from legend did she fear? Haugbui (p. 61) Who is the first person Solveig tells about the runestone? Alric (p. 62) Who joins Solveig and Alric when they go to visit the runestone? Hake (Captain of the berserkers) (p. 63) When Alric sees the runestone, what does he say about its age? He said it was very, very old. Older than almost every story he knows. (p. 63) When Alric, Solveig and Hake go to see the runestone in the woods, what does Hake find? And why is it worrisome? He finds tracks/footprints, and it means someone was watching Solveig/she was not alone before (p. 65) Who does Hake first suggest might have left the footprints? What reason did he give for suspecting him? He suggests Ole; he says he served another king before his capture (p. 66) When Per rejects the first person Hake suspects, what does Hake say is the only other possibility? A spy had reached them (p. 66) After the footprints were found, who is the first person Per says must be guarded? Asa (the king s first daughter) (p. 67) What two reasons does Hake give for why the life of a berserker would not suit a king? 1. A king must have a queen and heir, 2. A berserker can have no family to divide his loyalties (p. 69) What does Solveig notice about Hake when he explains why a king cannot be a berserker? She notices he looks sad / he s lonely & trapped by his station (p. 70) Solveig realizes that they are all trapped in some way by their birth or station, but who does she say seems free? Alric (p. 70)
When Asa, Harald and Solveig left out sugar and oats for Odin s steed, what three gifts did they get in return? (Please specify which gift goes with which person.) Asa: a silver bejeweled brooch w/ animal shapes; Harald: a leather belt with a gold buckle; Solveig: a new knife and spoon. (p. 71) What gift did Ole make for Solveig when she was a child? What did he make it out of? He made her a doll; it was made from a net (p. 71) Who killed Hilda the goat? Hake (p. 73) What does Hake confess to Solveig? He killed Hilda (p. 73) What gift does Hake give to Solveig? A raven (p. 73) Multipart: Who confesses to killing the goat? What does the character give Solveig in recompense, and what does Solveig call it? Hake; a raven; Muninn (p. 73 74) What is originally wrong with the raven Hake gives to Solveig? It can t fly/ has a broken wing, and it has bald patches (p. 73) What does Solveig name her raven, and what is he named after? She names him Muninn, after Odin s crows (also means Memory) (p. 74) Solveig says that Odin has two crows. What are their names, and what do they mean? Huginn and Muninn; Thought and Memory (p.74) What do berserkers call ravens? Swans of blood (p. 75-76) What is the first thing Solveig teaches her raven to do? Eat from her palm (p. 76) Asa says the raven reminds her of someone. What is that person s name? Gunnlaug (p. 76) According to Asa, why did Gunnlaug declare war? He asked for Asa s hand in marriage and the king refused. (p. 77) What does Asa blame herself for? She blames herself for the war, since her father refused Gunnlaug s marriage proposal. (p. 77) What two things did Muninn do when Solveig let him out for the first time? Pooped in her hair, and tried to escape out the door (p. 81) (is this answer too silly?) What does Ole tell Solveig about wild animals after Muninn tries to escape? Once you ve trapped a wild animal, he ll always want out. (p. 81) In Solveig s memory, why did Asa cry when she tried on a fine dress? She cried because it was her mother s dress and she missed her (p.83) When Solveig finally relates her troubling dream, who does she go to first? Who overhears it? Alric; Raudi overhears (p.85)
When Raudi tells Solveig that he s not angry with her, what does he say is the real reason for his frustration? He s frustrated that they re there, and he thinks he should be fighting alongside the men (p. 87) Who does Solveig give her skyr to? Why? She gives it to Ole and Raudi, since they never get any / she says everyone should have a share (p. 89) When Alric pulls Solveig aside, he says he s convinced of something. What is he convinced of, and what does he offer to do? He s convinced she could be a skald, and he offers to teach her (p. 91) What wild animals, called Odin s bane, do Solveig and the others see outside the steading one night? Wolves (p.93) After they see the wolves outside, Alric tells a story of a giant wolf. What is that wolf s name? Fenrir (p. 94) In her first attempt at being a skald, Solveig speaks of chains that bind which mythological creature? The giant wolf, Fenrir (p. 95) (Very difficult question) In her first skaldic moment, Solveig speaks of chains that bind Fenrir. Name what those chains were made from. (Name as many as you can) From the sound of a cat s footfall strands of a woman s beard roots of a mountain sinew from a bear breath of a silver fish swimming in the pool Spittle from the beak of a blackbird soaring in the sky (p. 95-96) Why does everyone go in search of the cows even though it is likely they didn t survive outside? They can t afford to lose the meat (p. 101) What does Ole say is the reason someone might have intentionally put the cows out? To weaken them (p. 102) When searching in the winter-wood for the cows, what two people does Solveig stumble across? Per and Asa (p. 104) What does Solveig realize about Per and Asa when she sees them together in the winter-wood? They are in love (p. 105) What was the ultimate fate of the cows? They were eaten by wolves / froze to death & were torn apart by wolves (p. 106) Other than an enemy in their midst, what is Solveig s concern after they find the cows? They won t have enough food / hungry berserkers are worrisome (p. 106) MULTI-PART: Before the earth formed, what two things were there? Who first rose from the ice? What did she do to thaw the ice, and when the ice thawed, who emerged? Fire and ice (p. 110); Audumbla the cow (p. 110); she licked away the salt from the ice (p. 110); the first god and father of Odin (p. 110)
How did the traitor get the cows past the guards at the gate? The guards left their post to listen to the story (p. 111) What was the deadline Hake gave for the traitor to step forward? Until dawn (p. 112) When Raudi and Solveig got into a mud-throwing war, two people expressed disappointment in Solveig. Who were those two people? Which two people stood up for her? Asa and Solveig s father were disappointed. Raudi (stood up to Asa) and Per (stood up to the King) (p. 99 & 113) (Difficult) What is the tale Solveig and Alric had planned to tell the night after the cows were found? What is the tale she actually told? They were going to tell of Audumbla (the ancient ice cow) & how the earth was formed / the first god came into it; she ended up telling the story of the god Loki s wager with the dwarves (p. 109 & 115) Why did Solveig tell the story of Loki and his wager with the dwarves? She forgot the other tale she was supposed to tell / she wanted to tell one of Harald s favorite stories to make him feel better (p. 115) MULTI-PART: In the story Solveig tells of Loki and the dwarves, what three gifts did the dwarves make the gods? And which gods received them? a golden boar Freyja A golden ring that multiplies Odin Mjollnir, a war hammer Thor (p. 116) In Solveig s story, how did Loki trick the dwarves when he lost the wager? He said his neck was not included in the wager, and they could only have his head if they didn t harm his neck (p. 117) Why did Asa say she liked Solveig s story of Loki and the dwarves? She said it brought back good memories of childhood (p. 118) Why does Solveig feed Muninn from her own rations? She doesn t want to give anyone cause to complain (p. 122) What does Solveig discover helps her feel less nervous when she tells stories to the steading? Having Muninn on her shoulder. (p. 123) What does Alric say gives Solveig an air of magic and legend like a skald of ancient times? Having Muninn on her shoulder when she tell tales (p. 123) What does Solveig find in the straw in Muninn s cage? The iron key to the larder (p. 124) Solveig says that her life is made up of two feelings. Which feelings are they? Fear and relief (p. 125) When they finally eat Hilda the goat, who refrains from eating the meat besides Solveig? Bera, Raudi, Ole, Asa, Harald, Per, Alric and Hake (p. 126) When a brawl breaks out in the hall, what happens to Hake? The berserkergang comes upon him (p. 129)
What do the other berserkers do when the berserkergang comes upon Hake? They form a ring around him and chant / pray to Odin (p. 129-130) MULTI-PART: What is the berserkergang and what are some of its symptoms? How is it stopped? It is a battle fury that comes over a berserker, involving eyes rolling back, red face, shivering/trembling, teeth chattering, unawareness of surroundings (p. 129-130); the other berserkers circle him and chant prayers to Odin to draw out the fury (p. 130) How is the berserker who drew his sword in the brawl punished? Hake banishes him / he becomes forgotten / they take his sword (p. 131) Who accuses Per of misconduct with the King s daughter Asa? Hake (p. 133) Why was the berserker who was banished let back into the steading? He begged to come back and become a thrall, they allow it (p. 136) Who tells Solveig that she is more naturally gifted at being a skald than Alric is, and that her father would be proud of her? Hake (p. 137) What item does Muninn the raven keep stealing? From whom? The key to the larder; he steals it from Bera (p. 138) When Solveig slips outside to watch the sunrise, who does she find, and what is that person doing? She finds Hake; he is praying to Odin (p. 139) When Solveig find Hake outside before the dawn, what is he praying to Odin about? He is praying that he can keep his rage under control, and if he can t he prays Odin will destroy him (p. 139) According to Solveig, what helped change the people s opinion of berserkers in her clan? Alric s tales of their strength, courage and loyalty. (p. 141) When Raudi, Harald, and Solveig go to visit the cave in front of the glacier, what is different about it? There is more steam than before / it s hotter / the ground is vibrating (p. 146) Why does the glacier groan at the end of summer and at the end of winter? Some parts are freezing faster than other parts / some parts are melting (p. 145) When a strange sickness befell the steading, who didn t get sick? Bera, Raudi, Ole, Per, Harald, Asa, Hake, Alric, Solveig (p. 149) When the men fall sick what does Hake suspect? And who does he accuse? Hake suspects poison, he accuses Bera (p. 149-150) Who convinces Hake to release Bera and not tie her to a pillar? Alric (p. 152) Why does Alric say Solveig should even suspect him of poisoning the men? Because the poisoner was likely one of the people who didn t eat the goat meat (p. 153) When someone is accused of a crime, where does Hake say he will take them to stand trial? The Thing (p. 150)
What did Per call Raudi that greatly upsets him? He called him a bench ornament (p. 151 & 178) When Per tells Solveig that beauty isn t all that matters, what two traits does he say are also important? Wisdom and kindness (p. 156) Where is the body of the first dead berserker taken and why? To the cowshed, because the ground is too frozen to bury him (p. 157) What single word does the berserker turned thrall croak to Solveig while she is caring for him? Story (p. 158) What mythical being did Solveig speak of when she told a tale to the poisoned berserkers, and what was this mythical being gifted with? A Valkyrie named Eir; she was gifted with healing arts (p. 158) How did the thrall who was once a berserker die? He died from poisoning from eating the goat meat (p. 164) What does Hake place on the body of the man he once banished? His sword (p. 165) Which members of the original household died from poisoning? Two of the guards Egill and Gunnarr (p. 166) How did the berserkers and guards die? From poisoning, from the goat meat (p. 149 166) Why does Ole say Solveig makes a good skald? She is a compassionate person (p. 167) What was Ole before he became a thrall? A warrior (p. 168) Harald tells the sick berserkers they will know their strength is back when what happens? When they can beat him at arm wrestling (p. 180) What is the only reason Solveig doesn t worry about Harald sleeping with Per and Hake and the other men? He is more valuable alive for ransom (p. 182) (Is this question too dark?) Why is Solveig worried about winter ending and it getting warmer outside? She is worried about her dream coming true (p. 183) Once the weather warms, why does Solveig go out every day to the cliff? To check the ice on the fjord (p. 188) What was Solveig s father before he became a king? He was a warrior, the son of a fisherman (not of noble birth) (p. 192) From whom did the future king receive training to overcome his fear of the beast inside of himself and to help him become king? An old berserker (p. 192-193) What was unique about the man Solveig s father challenged to a fight for dirtying his cloak? He was a berserker (p. 192)
In the tale Alric told Solveig of her father, what three trials did her father have to pass? He fought a haugbui of a fallen champion He hunted a great bear He fell in love with Solveig s mother and served her father to prove his worth & win her hand (p. 193-194) Solveig says that it wasn t hunger, or poisoned meat, or death that ravaged the group, but a different kind of poison. To what was she referring? Suspicion (p. 198) Throughout Icefall Solveig tells stories about the people with her at the steading. Why, as the reader discovers, does she do this? To get everyone to calm down and stop accusing each other (p. 198 200) When the ship comes after the fjord has thawed, who is it? Two messengers (p. 202) What is the message that the two messengers bring? They said the king has called them back home / Gunnlaug retreated and the lands are safe again (p. 203) After the messengers relay their message, Solveig notices which two people are still uneasy? Hake and Per (p. 203-204) Despite the King s apparent victory, why does Hake still seem troubled? He s not entirely convinced that Gunnlaug simply retreated/gave up (p. 203-204) Why don t they take the larger drekar to return home? They don t have enough men to row (p. 205) When Hake and Per take the bodies from the shed to the ship, what does the rest of the household do? They follow in a procession (p. 206) Why does Hake say that the runestone in the woods no longer marks the honor of the warrior king alone? Because honorable men died there that winter and they will be remembered (p. 210) On the day they are about to leave the steading, what do they see in the water? 2 Drekars belonging to Gunnlaug (p. 212) When Gunnlaug s men arrive, where does Per say he will take the members of the household? to the cave by the glacier (p. 216) What excuse does Ole give to stay behind when the others go to hide? He said he forgot his bone knife that he had since he was a child (p. 218) Where does Per take Asa, Harald, and Solveig to hide from Gunnlaug s men? The old larder / cellar (p. 219) How did Per know where the old larder was located? He had been there before; he was the one who told the King about the place (p. 219) How are Asa, Harald and Solveig discovered in the old larder? The men hear their voices (p. 221) How do Asa, Harald, and Solveig escape from the men that found them in the old larder? Hake comes and is in beserkergang / Alric calls them away (p. 223)
How does Solveig get Gunnlaug to stop his men from firing arrows at Hake? She says she can stop/calm him (p. 226) Who was the traitor in their midst that used to work for Gunnlaug s father? Ole (p. 232) Who does Ole say Solveig is? he says she is the skald s apprentice (p. 232) What is the false name Alric gives Solveig to convince Gunnlaug she was his apprentice? Siv (p. 233) Who was the only person who avoided being captured with the others? Per (p. 238) Why is Solveig furious with Alric after they get captured? He bows to Gunnlaug / says he has no allegiance (p. 240) How many of Gunnlaug s men arrived to the fjord? How many remained after the first battle? 100 at the beginning, 64 after (p. 241) Why is Harald particularly worried about Per and Hake dying? Then he will be the last warrior, and he is not ready for that (p. 242) What does Solveig do at the evening meal that attracts Gunnlaug s attention and wrath? She refuses to eat his food (p. 246) What does Gunnlaug make Solveig do to shame her in front of the others? He makes her eat food off the floor (p. 247) How did Alric convince Gunnlaug to let them tell a story the next night? He said they were composing a new tale in his honor and they needed time to finish it. (p.249) How is Solveig reunited with Muninn after they are captured? The raven scratched at the door to be let back into the hall (p. 252) Why does Gunnlaug let Muninn stay? He s superstitious / beserkers are Odin s men, and ravens are Odin s birds (p. 254) What does Solveig realize about Gunnlaug after he lets Muninn stay? She realizes that stories have power over him because he is superstitious / fears the gods (p. 254) When Raudi tells Solveig that he s not afraid to die, what does he admit he is afraid of? Killing another man (p. 256) When Solveig runs from the cloud wolf in the sky, where does she go, and who does she find? She runs to the old larder, and she find Per (p. 261 262) When Hake awakes after being wounded, what does he tell Solveig she is afraid of? Trying / failure (p. 267) How did Gunnlaug insult Harald with a calculated slight? Why is it insulting? He told Harald to leave his table / it s insulting because Harald is noble and should eat with the chieftain (p. 271) What story did Solveig tell in order to scare Gunnlaug away from Asa? A story of a haugbui that came back to life to exact revenge and rescue a woman (p. 274 277)
After Solveig tells her tale to Gunnlaug, why does he insist that she is indeed Solveig? Because no skald would have dared to tell that tale to him unless the skald was of noble blood (p. 278) After Solveig tells the tale of the hagbui to Gunnlaug, what does he do to Hake, Bera, Raudi and Alric? Has them locked in the larder (p. 278) Other than Ole, who else was a traitor? Asa and Per (p. 281) What offer had Per made to Gunnlaug when he first came to the King s hall? If Gunnlaug agreed to let Per have Asa, then Per would deliver Gunnlaug the lands he wanted (p. 281) What two ways did Per and Ole separately try to weaken the beserkers? Killing the cows, and poisoning the meat (p. 282) Who poisoned the goat meat? Ole (p. 282) Who killed the cows by leading them outside? Per (p. 282) Where did Asa say her plan with Per failed? When the king sent the beserkers (p. 281) Who was spying on Solveig while she stood at the runestone? Ole (p. 282) After everyone is captured, what does Per do to cause a commotion in the middle of the night? He sets fire to the cowshed (p. 286) The night there is a fire in the cowshed, what does Muninn do that is very helpful? He steals the larder key from Gunnlaug (p. 287) The night of the fire, what do Solveig and Harald take with them from the hall? Hake s war hammer (p. 288) Why does Hake say he should stay behind while the others make their way up the mountain pass? He is injured and won t make it far / he would only slow them down / he can buy them some time (p. 290) How does Solveig convince Hake to come up the mountain pass with them? She orders him (p. 290) How do they get an injured Hake away from the steading and into the woods? Solveig and Alric support him under each arm (p. 291) What do Hake and the others notice about the glacier the night they escape from Gunnlaug? There is a whole lake of water behind the ice (p. 296) What does Solveig want to do with Hake s hammer to make the story true? She wants to break open the glacier (p. 301) Who defeats Gunnlaug and his remaining men, and how does that person do it? Alric defeats them by breaking open the glacier / flooding everything (p. 303 304) What is the main reason Raudi, Hake and the others are upset to see the ship gone after the flood? The bodies of the men were on the ship, and now they cannot be properly laid to rest (p. 307)
Who is still missing after the flood? Asa, Per, and Ole (p. 305, 307) What do they think happened to the missing ship? They think Per, Asa, and Ole persuaded some of Gunnlaug s men to help them sail away (p. 307) Where do Solveig and the other survivors hole up while they wait for the king to arrive? The damaged hall (p. 309) How do they survive after the flood if the food in the larder was burned up in the fire? The survive off the food Gunnlaug brought into the hall (p. 309) What helps Solveig finally come to accept Alric s death? Seeing him / burying him (p. 314) Why did Solveig s father come for them? He assumed the worst when the messengers didn t return (p. 316) When Solveig speaks with Hake at the end of the book, why does she thank him? She thanks him for helping her see what she could be (p. 319) What story does Solveig plan on performing first for her father? Alric s story (p. 320) What does Hake offer to do for Solveig at the end of the story? He offers to go with her and guard her (p. 320) Difficult / multipart: Name the parts of Solveig s nightmare that came true or partially came true: Enemy drekars attacking Berserkers dying without any obvious wounds The Hall burning Clouds shaped like wolves Glacier ruining the valley Per is gone (p. 47 48)