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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the doors all gone from the village homes after the war?
(a) Wild animals tore the doors off their hinges.
(b) Everyone took their door with them.
(c) Hippies moved in and burned the doors for warmth.
(d) Jimmy Greeno sold them to Norsemen.

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

3. Who does Thorfinn assume has stayed on the deserted island?
(a) Matthew Ragnarson.
(b) One of the hippie families.
(c) Jimmy Greeno.
(d) Janet Olafson.

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

5. Where does Thorfinn see peat smoke rising from on what he thinks is a deserted Norday?
(a) Glebe.
(b) Smylder.
(c) Swinhurst.
(d) Ingle.

6. What type of "disease" does Thorfinn have when the military comes looking for him?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Diabetes.

7. Who is the muse chapter 5 is named for?
(a) Goddess of wind.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Broch angel.
(d) Ragna.

8. What is a croft?
(a) Fishing boat.
(b) Group of bairns.
(c) Farm.
(d) Carving skills.

9. What is the grand plan of the government for Norday island's new purpose?
(a) Aerodome, runways, and hangers, all to fight Germans.
(b) Location of anti-French and Italian Allied forces.
(c) Northern covert operation base.
(d) Secret location of atomic weapons.

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

11. What is Mr. Abernethy passionately against?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Tory government.
(c) Sin.
(d) Strong drink.

12. What does Thorfinn see, climbing hill Fea against the blue and white of the sky, in chapter 5?
(a) His mother's ghost.
(b) A red fox.
(c) A flock of geese flying east.
(d) A yellow haired girl on a horse.

13. What does Matilda Kerrigan do to the three surveyors?
(a) Attacks their equipment.
(b) Drowns them in the ocean.
(c) Invites them to stay with her.
(d) Shoots them with a rifle.

14. Where does the Norday laird of the 1930s spend most of his time?
(a) Sailing around the world.
(b) London.
(c) Greece.
(d) Norday Island.

15. What has Thorfinn come back from the war to find in Norday?
(a) A deserted island.
(b) Family and friends.
(c) A rich heritage and strong village.
(d) Thriving community and lush farms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes over the laird's Hall?

2. Why is the present laird so poor?

3. Why does Thorfinn put off eating canned food upon his final return to Norday?

4. When the original Hall burns down, where does the laird stay that winter?

5. What do the three young lady typists bring with them to Norday?

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