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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who generally rules the manse and the pastor on Norday Island?
(a) Board of Trustees at the Kirk.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Congregation.
(d) Minister's wife.

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

4. What is the name of Jacob Olafson's boat?
(a) Seagone.
(b) Scallop.
(c) Seashell.
(d) Sandwashed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jacob Olafson die?

2. Why are there no windows in a broch?

3. What does "The Song of the Broch" promise?

4. Who digs Olafson's grave?

5. Who sails to Byzantine with Earl Rognvald of Orkney?

(see the answer key)

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