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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What great Scottish battle takes place in 1314?
(a) Battle of Bannockburn.
(b) Breston Ban Battle.
(c) Simontown Seige.
(d) Battle of Midnight Summer.

2. What is the name of the shepherd who lives up in the high mountain pass in chapter 2?
(a) Saint Andrew of Scottland.
(b) Seamus the master of the Borey.
(c) Sorley the shepherd of Drumnadrochit.
(d) Manny the shepherd of Orkney.

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

4. What political persuasion describes Thomas Vass?
(a) Tory.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Socialist.

5. Who does the title of chapter 3 "A Man's Life" refer to?
(a) Old man on the island.
(b) Child reaching manhood.
(c) Matthew Ragnarson.
(d) Thorfinn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the knight and his squire eat on the way to their destination in Chapter 2?

2. What leader shatters the English army at Stirling Castle?

3. Where does the Volga river take the Viking crew?

4. Why are there no windows in a broch?

5. What does Jess the tinker wife sell on her journey from place to place?

(see the answer key)

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