2. Whose house does Thorfinn come back to in chapter 8?
(a) Swinehurst.
(b) Laird's Hall.
(c) Jimmy Greeno's beach shack.
(d) Ingle.

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

4. What rings for the first time on Norday, brought by the workmen?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Bell choirs.
(d) Fire Alarms.

5. Who burns down the original Hall?
(a) The Jacobian army.
(b) The laird on a drunken ramble.
(c) Bonnie Prince Charles.
(d) King George II's sailors.

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

7. What upsets the farmers about the arrival of the workmen?
(a) Young women want to marry the workmen.
(b) The workmen are very lazy.
(c) Farms are being taken by the government.
(d) Dust is raised in the construction process.

8. Where is Matthew Ragnarson buried?
(a) On Orkney Island at the kirk.
(b) At sea.
(c) On Selskay where he had moved.
(d) The family plot on Norday.

9. What is the oddest thing the hippie families try to grow on the deserted Norday Island?
(a) Rice.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Palm trees.

10. What three chocolate bars are mentioned in chapter 6's description of the festival celebration?
(a) Milk, Dark and Semi-Sweet.
(b) Cadbury, Fry and Rowntree.
(c) Hershey, Ghiradelhi and Snickers.
(d) LIndt, Swiss and Bardor.

11. What awkward announcement does Matthew Ragnarson make to his children in chapter 6?
(a) He plans to marry again.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) Thorfinn will inherit the farm alone.
(d) Ragna is asked to leave immediately.

12. When the original Hall burns down, where does the laird stay that winter?
(a) With Isa Estavoy.
(b) Cave on isle of Westray.
(c) London hotel.
(d) Hovel on grounds of original Hall.

13. Who does Jacob Olafson leave his boat Scallop to?
(a) Thorfinn Ragnarson.
(b) Janet Olafson.
(c) Geordie Wylie.
(d) Howie Ayre.

14. In the actual history what happens to Prince Charles Edward after he escapes?
(a) He commits suicide rather than face execution.
(b) He lives a life of exile, disappointment, and alcoholism.
(c) He marries a Russian Princess and lives in great splendor.
(d) He becomes the ruler of France.

15. How old is Thorfinn when he leaves school?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.