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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Willum Holm's horse?
(a) Rat-catcher.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Plough-horse.
(d) Madeline.

2. What song is Olafson singing right before he dies?
(a) "Another day has come and gone"
(b) "Andrew Ross the Orkney sailor"
(c) "My Bonnie lies over the ocean"
(d) "Heave away, heave"

3. What nationality was King Robert the Bruce?
(a) German.
(b) Irish.
(c) English.
(d) Scottish.

4. What happens when Fergus tries to break into the broch?
(a) He goes in and has lunch.
(b) Stones rain down upon him and kill him.
(c) Lightening strikes him dead.
(d) He's struck in the neck with an arrow.

5. What is at the center of a broch?
(a) A deep well.
(b) Cookstoves.
(c) Stable for horses.
(d) Sleeping quarters for children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the Vikings return to Sweden?

2. What great Scottish battle takes place in 1314?

3. How does the lord of Norday greet the ragged Norweigan sailors?

4. What will the Bishop drink after his choppy steamer crosses from Aberdeen?

5. When Sir James MacTavish arrives at the monastery what are the monks doing?

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