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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Thorfinn's dream of broch building who comes up with the idea?
(a) Lord High Chancellor in London.
(b) The magician of stones and circles.
(c) Old Jacob Olafson.
(d) The children of Norday Island.

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

3. In the 1930s what does the broch on Norday Island look like?
(a) Three entwined circular structures made of small stones.
(b) 40 foot stone castle structure in village center.
(c) Circular ruin on the shore's edge.
(d) No longer exists.

4. What is Jeremy Smith watching during the school lesson about brochs?
(a) His father boat, the Willa May.
(b) A pack of wild dogs chasing a fawn.
(c) Dolphins swimming just past the harbor.
(d) The swirling, turning clouds.

5. How many Norday men are put on the list to be sent as seamen on His Majesty's men-of-war?
(a) 12.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 50.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Fergus tries to break into the broch?

2. Who arrives on the Raven one summer day in 1937?`

3. When are the brochs first built in the Orkney islands?

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

5. What is at the center of a broch?

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