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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 Sea King sailors carry as weapons from ship to shore?
(a) A large copper canon.
(b) Muskets and bullets.
(c) Iron axes and iron-tipped spears.
(d) Thin silver arrows and strong ironwood bows.

2. In chapter 2, where are the knight and his squire headed?
(a) German ports.
(b) English countryside.
(c) Irish
(d) Stirling Castle.

3. Who is Major Schneider?
(a) British capitalist who produces Thorfinn's first book.
(b) Old friend of John Evans who likes Thorfin's writing.
(c) English lord who supplies Thorfinn with paper.
(d) German commander of prison camp and mentor to Thorfinn.

4. How does the laird describe Norday Island to his factor in chapter 5?
(a) "Sweet sessions of Syrian thought."
(b) "This precious stone set in a silver sea."
(c) "A breath of air past fog."
(d) "The lark at dawn arising."

5. What does Albert Laird make for Olafson?
(a) Clock.
(b) Raft.
(c) Coffin.
(d) Tables.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house does Thorfinn come back to in chapter 8?

2. Who does Thorfinn assume has stayed on the deserted island?

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

4. Who burns down the original Hall?

5. Who sees the ship of the Sea King in the distance?

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