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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Norday pastor pick up "beside the ocean of time" in chapter 5?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Broch stones.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Fossils.

2. What do most islanders feel about Olafson's death?
(a) Sorry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Enraged.

3. What does "The Song of the Broch" promise?
(a) The broch will always be in good repair.
(b) Stones will crumble.
(c) The sea will overtake the broch in time.
(d) No trouble will ever come again.

4. After his adventure with what does Thorfinn step on the shores of Norday Island?
(a) A servant from Greece.
(b) Seven pieces of silver in his purse.
(c) A bag of gold tied to his belt.
(d) Two black lambs.

5. Where does Sir James MacTavish purchase the horse Seamus?
(a) Navastan.
(b) Dunnet.
(c) Sonder.
(d) Norday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thorfinn imagine Prince Charles life after the escape?

2. Whose relics are rumored to be taken to the war at Stirling Castle?

3. Who is the poorest man in Norday?

4. Why are there no windows in a broch?

5. What is the primary image of "The Song of the Broch?"

(see the answer key)

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