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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. Why does Thorfinn put off eating canned food upon his final return to Norday?
(a) It feels like cheating.
(b) He is not sure the food is safe.
(c) The canned food is very expensive.
(d) The cans were stolen.

2. In the actual history what happens to Prince Charles Edward after he escapes?
(a) He lives a life of exile, disappointment, and alcoholism.
(b) He marries a Russian Princess and lives in great splendor.
(c) He commits suicide rather than face execution.
(d) He becomes the ruler of France.

3. What is a croft?
(a) Fishing boat.
(b) Carving skills.
(c) Group of bairns.
(d) Farm.

4. How many rooms does the laird's Hall have?
(a) 200.
(b) 20.
(c) 3.
(d) 450.

5. Where does Thorfinn see peat smoke rising from on what he thinks is a deserted Norday?
(a) Glebe.
(b) Smylder.
(c) Ingle.
(d) Swinhurst.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Thorfinn come back to in chapter 8?

2. What brought Doctor Lamond down to the work site?

3. Who is Ragna courting in chapter 6?

4. What is the present Mr. Harcourt-Smithers known for?

5. What reaction do the seals have to the noise and chaos of the workers on Norday?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the seal girl, Mara, not follow the seal-people into the sea?

2. Why was the present laird, Mr. Harcourt-Smithers, so much poorer than his forefathers?

3. Did the peace treaty between Chamberlain and Hitler stop the work on the Norday Aerodrome?

4. Who is Major Schneider?

5. What did Winnie Swona do when some of her hens disappeared from the henhouse during the aerodrome building?

6. In chapter five one of the previous minister uses the title of the book when referring to fossils. What does he mean?

7. What does Thorfinn take with him when he is liberated from the German war camp?

8. Why do the seal people rush back into the sea?

9. Why did the Westvoe farm catch on fire and burn to the ground?

10. What does Thorfinn do when he returns to the island after the war?

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