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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary image of "The Song of the Broch?"
(a) Eagles alighting.
(b) Danger from afar.
(c) Stone mother.
(d) Storm clouds brewing.

2. What do the villagers eat while taking shelter in the broch?
(a) Dried beef and fish.
(b) Nuts, berries and small dried sardines.
(c) Vegetable stew, hamburgers and cold, dark water.
(d) Beef broth, broiled halibut, barley bread and ale.

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

4. Who sees the ship of the Sea King in the distance?
(a) King of Norday.
(b) Village watchman.
(c) The Broch.
(d) Thorfinn Ragnarson.

5. What type of "disease" does Thorfinn have when the military comes looking for him?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sign that the broch is being neglected?

2. Who from Norday volunteers to fight for King George II against the French?

3. How old is Thorfinn when he leaves school?

4. What is a croft?

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

(see the answer key)

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