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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Billie Holm?
(a) Porter and odd job man for James MacTavish.
(b) Head of the construction gang.
(c) Lawyer for British government.
(d) Press gang leader.

2. How does Thorfinn imagine Prince Charles life after the escape?
(a) Full of pomp and circumstance.
(b) Living out his years as a crofter on Norday Island.
(c) A glorious death on the fields of battle.
(d) Becoming a great writer of romance novels.

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

4. What do the Scottish and Irish laborers do when they arrive?
(a) Cover a beach with concrete.
(b) Erect village of Nissen huts.
(c) Take over the main buildings and farm.
(d) Evict all the Norday residents.

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

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

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

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

9. Why type of car does Thomas Vass drive?
(a) Horse and buggy.
(b) Austin Martin.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Ford.

10. What reaction do the seals have to the noise and chaos of the workers on Norday?
(a) Gather other seals and surround Norday.
(b) Swim away to another island.
(c) Refuse to eat.
(d) Crawl up onto the shore and die.

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

12. Who brings Thorfinn his supplies on the deserted Norday Island now that everyone else has gone?
(a) Sophie, on the horse Selkie.
(b) Mansie Drever, the Selskay fisherman.
(c) Supplies are dropped by air.
(d) Ragna Magnarson.

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

14. Who is Selkie?
(a) Sophie's twin sister.
(b) Isa's cat.
(c) Laird's two year old chestnut colt.
(d) Thorfinn's collie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it that Sophie and Thorfinn decide will be the poet?

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

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

4. What is Matilda Kerrigan known as in Norday Island?

5. What is Thorfinn working on at the start of chapter 8?

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