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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes over the laird's Hall?
(a) Wing commander and military officers.
(b) King George II field marshal.
(c) Secretarial pool.
(d) Construction crew pub.

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

3. According to author Brown, what does the real self seek?
(a) Fame and fortune.
(b) True treasure, the grail.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Heaven.

4. In chapter 7 what appears just off the shore of Norday?
(a) German man-of-war.
(b) Submarines.
(c) Huge cargo ship.
(d) Flocks of crows.

5. After Tina Lyde is chased off by Thorfinn's sister in chapter 6 what does Tina do?
(a) Marries a wealthy Irishman.
(b) Stands at a distance, at twilight and looks towards Ingle.
(c) Becomes a nun.
(d) Dresses as a man and hires on a fishing yacht.

6. Who is it that Sophie and Thorfinn decide will be the poet?
(a) Thorfinn.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Their son.
(d) The reader.

7. What do the workmen set up in the Gleb hayfield?
(a) Airport.
(b) Television antennae.
(c) Beer canteen.
(d) Lottery station.

8. Who arrives on the Raven one summer day in 1937?`
(a) Three important looking men who were surveyors.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Thorfinn's mother and father.
(d) King George IV.

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

10. What boat is being fixed up at the beginning of chapter 8?
(a) Matthew Ragnaron's Seascape.
(b) Jacob Olafson's Scallop.
(c) Thorfinn Ragnarson's Selkie.
(d) James MacTavish's Rivals.

11. What is the Kitty Fea?
(a) Lobster boat.
(b) Warship.
(c) Harbor store.
(d) Ale house.

12. What piece of technology does Matthew Ragnarson bring home in chapter 6?
(a) Xerox machine.
(b) Television.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Wireless set.

13. What does the greatest English sage of the 18th century say, according to chapter 6?
(a) Every man has a book in him.
(b) There is no truth in fiction.
(c) All things end in dust.
(d) A writer will be born regardless of man's will.

14. Where does Thomas Vass move after Norday is deserted?
(a) Iran.
(b) Boston.
(c) Kirkcaldy.
(d) London.

15. How many rooms does the laird's Hall have?
(a) 3.
(b) 20.
(c) 450.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of book does Thorfinn write while in prison?

2. What does Winnie Swona do when someone tries to steal her hens?

3. Who is Billie Holm?

4. What are the names of Mr. Harcourt-Smither's granddaughters?

5. Where does the Norday laird of the 1930s spend most of his time?

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