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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 Jess the tinker wife sell on her journey from place to place?
(a) Needles, fabric and trinkets.
(b) Cosmetics and hair pieces.
(c) Fireplace tools.
(d) Supplies for lambing.

2. What do the Norday villagers use to attack from the broch?
(a) Silence and hunger.
(b) Stones and arrows.
(c) Hot water and long whips.
(d) Muskets and rifles.

3. Who is Isa Estquoy?
(a) Thorfinn's mother.
(b) Reverend Drummond's daughter.
(c) Norday's matchmaker.
(d) Norday's shopkeeper.

4. What is a sign that the broch is being neglected?
(a) A stone falls during a winter tempest.
(b) The well dries up.
(c) The entire castle collapses.
(d) The door rots and falls away.

5. What happens if the Scottish soldiers at Stirling Castle can capture an English lord?
(a) They will sell him into slavery.
(b) The English lord will improve their Scottish accent.
(c) The lord will be married to one of their daughters.
(d) They will exchange him for ransom money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who generally rules the manse and the pastor on Norday Island?

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

3. What is the one action Thorfinn takes in chapter 7?

4. What does Prince Boris serve at the feast for the main course?

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

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