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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the Bishop Usher set the date of Creation?
(a) 2 AD.
(b) 4004 BC.
(c) 10,000 BC.
(d) 1 million years before Christ.

2. What does "The Song of the Broch" promise?
(a) The sea will overtake the broch in time.
(b) Stones will crumble.
(c) The broch will always be in good repair.
(d) No trouble will ever come again.

3. Why do villagers laugh at Albert Laird's announcement that his cradle is for Millie Smith?
(a) Millie is 75 and a widow for 55 years.
(b) Millie is a horse.
(c) Millie has 22 children already.
(d) He only makes coffins.

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

5. Who is Billie Holm?
(a) Press gang leader.
(b) Lawyer for British government.
(c) Head of the construction gang.
(d) Porter and odd job man for James MacTavish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two Norday inhabitants seem untouched by the chaos and destruction of the aerodrome workers?

2. What do the villagers eat while taking shelter in the broch?

3. Who is Ragna courting in chapter 6?

4. What does the Norday pastor pick up "beside the ocean of time" in chapter 5?

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

(see the answer key)

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