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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Norday pastor pick up "beside the ocean of time" in chapter 5?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Fossils.
(d) Broch stones.

2. What do the villagers eat while taking shelter in the broch?
(a) Vegetable stew, hamburgers and cold, dark water.
(b) Dried beef and fish.
(c) Beef broth, broiled halibut, barley bread and ale.
(d) Nuts, berries and small dried sardines.

3. What is Matilda Kerrigan known as in Norday Island?
(a) Hasty woman.
(b) Tall as a tree.
(c) Bold as brass.
(d) Long-suffering wife.

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

5. What are the names of Matthew Ragnarson's daughters?
(a) Rounda, Tilta and Frontario.
(b) Inga, Sigrid and Ragna.
(c) Isa, Tina and Bella.
(d) Rita, Mildred and Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the visitors bring to the Prince Boris in Thorfinn's first dream?

3. Why are the doors all gone from the village homes after the war?

4. After Tina Lyde is chased off by Thorfinn's sister in chapter 6 what does Tina do?

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

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