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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is Thorfinn's pet monkey dressed?
(a) Roman costume.
(b) Uniform of Norsemen.
(c) Uniform of Varingers.
(d) Greek costume.

3. What happens if the Scottish soldiers at Stirling Castle can capture an English lord?
(a) They will sell him into slavery.
(b) The lord will be married to one of their daughters.
(c) They will exchange him for ransom money.
(d) The English lord will improve their Scottish accent.

4. Where is King Robert's palace named Holyrood?
(a) Edinburgh.
(b) Norday.
(c) Wales.
(d) London.

5. When Sir James MacTavish arrives at the monastery what are the monks doing?
(a) Preparing to escape.
(b) Archery.
(c) Engaged in battle.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mr. Simon hoping to go on vacation with Miss Cameron?

2. Who is the poorest man in Norday?

3. What is at the center of a broch?

4. What leader shatters the English army at Stirling Castle?

5. What happens when the Sea King ship is sighted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the family situation of Matthew Ragnarson at the beginning of the book?

2. When headed down the Volga River what does the crew of the Solan Goose eat?

3. Why is Mr. Simon's lesson on Bannockburn so boring?

4. What is the general opinion of Thorfinn in the village of Norday?

5. Why are the children bored on the field trip to the broch?

6. In the Song of the Broch, how does Thorfinn describe the sheltering castle?

7. What are some of the things that village people buy at Isa Estquoy's shop on Norday Island?

8. How are the men of the North treated when they had sailed into the Byzantium empire?

9. In chapter four where does the school teacher, Mr. Simon, take the class?

10. Why did the broch on Norday island become a ruin?

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