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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men of Norday clean their pipes with?
(a) Lobster claws.
(b) Seagull feathers.
(c) Saltwater peter.
(d) Political argument.

2. What do the Norweigan sailors look like?
(a) Small, crooked backed men.
(b) Heavy red-faced, dark haired men.
(c) Blue eyes and golden hair.
(d) Black skin and golden eyes.

3. What are the two big houses on Norday Island?
(a) Town hall and village inn.
(b) Minister's manse and laird's hall.
(c) Broch and Smylder.
(d) King George's summer home and Isa's farmhouse.

4. In chapter 7 what appears just off the shore of Norday?
(a) Huge cargo ship.
(b) Flocks of crows.
(c) German man-of-war.
(d) Submarines.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Thorfinn spend most of the war?

2. Who is the muse chapter 5 is named for?

3. Who does Jacob Olafson bring back with him to Norday Island?

4. On what day of the week does Olafson die?

5. Who is Hector Drummond?

(see the answer key)

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