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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first meal the Eastern Emperor serves them?
(a) Wafer thin slices of chocolate.
(b) Cold porridge.
(c) Eggs, dolphin's fins, young eaglets and fruits.
(d) Unleavened bread and olive oil.

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

3. What do the knight and his squire eat on the way to their destination in Chapter 2?
(a) Fresh boar, pork sausage and soft white biscuits.
(b) Scottish shortbread, tea and crumpets.
(c) Dried bear meat, cherries and hot scones.
(d) Oatmeal, salt herring and whatever they can find on the road.

4. What do the visitors bring to the Prince Boris in Thorfinn's first dream?
(a) Butterfly nets.
(b) Iron ore.
(c) White horse.
(d) Kegs of brandy.

5. In the 1930s what does the broch on Norday Island look like?
(a) No longer exists.
(b) 40 foot stone castle structure in village center.
(c) Three entwined circular structures made of small stones.
(d) Circular ruin on the shore's edge.

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

7. Where does Thorfinn wake up at the end of chapter 1?
(a) Bow of his father's yole.
(b) Barn loft above the cattle.
(c) Soft hay on highest hill in Norday.
(d) Shore of the ocean.

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

9. What language does Rolf Rolfson speak?
(a) Italian.
(b) Norse.
(c) Russian.
(d) He is mute.

10. Who does Madeline Olafson marry?
(a) Peedie Sabiston.
(b) Robert Brown.
(c) Mr. Snoodie.
(d) Jock Seatter.

11. What are the Varingers fed on a daily basis?
(a) Moose, elk and wolf meat.
(b) Sturgeon and wild geese.
(c) Bear, goose and wild duck.
(d) Bread, cheese, olives and beer.

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

13. Who is Hieronymus?
(a) King of Sweden.
(b) Bishop of Orkney.
(c) Thorfinn's pet monkey.
(d) Greek scholar and sailor.

14. What do most islanders feel about Olafson's death?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Enraged.

15. Scottish is a fusion of what two languages?
(a) Presbyterian and German.
(b) Irish and English.
(c) Gaelic and Lallans.
(d) English and Roman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a kirk?

2. When Sir James MacTavish arrives at the monastery what are the monks doing?

3. Upon what craft does Thorfinn return to Norday Island from Byzantine?

4. Who is the poorest man in Norday?

5. What great Scottish battle takes place in 1314?

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