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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is Thorfinn's pet monkey dressed?
(a) Uniform of Norsemen.
(b) Uniform of Varingers.
(c) Greek costume.
(d) Roman costume.
2. What do the Norweigan sailors look like?
(a) Heavy red-faced, dark haired men.
(b) Black skin and golden eyes.
(c) Small, crooked backed men.
(d) Blue eyes and golden hair.
3. What is the primary image of "The Song of the Broch?"
(a) Storm clouds brewing.
(b) Stone mother.
(c) Danger from afar.
(d) Eagles alighting.
4. What nationality was King Robert the Bruce?
(a) Scottish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Irish.
5. Where do the men of Norday gather to discuss politics?
(a) Kirk.
(b) Town hall.
(c) Smithy.
(d) Restaurant.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the men of Norday clean their pipes with?
2. After his adventure with what does Thorfinn step on the shores of Norday Island?
3. In the 1930s what does the broch on Norday Island look like?
4. What type of wood does Albert Laird use to make his cradles?
5. What is at the center of a broch?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reaction does Jacob's wife, Rena, have to arriving on Norday Island?
2. What is the scripture reading that the pastor from the Borders, Reverend Hector Drummond, saying?
3. What is the family situation of Matthew Ragnarson at the beginning of the book?
4. Why is the horse, Seamus, killed on the road to Stirling Castle?
5. What are some of the things that village people buy at Isa Estquoy's shop on Norday Island?
6. Why does the school teacher, Mr. Simon, have trouble paying for his groceries at the village shop in Norday?
7. Why does Jacob Olafson run away on the day of his sister's wedding?
8. Why does Isa Estquoy know more than the minister and doctor about the community of Norday?
9. When headed down the Volga River what does the crew of the Solan Goose eat?
10. Why is the Battle of Bannockburn so important?
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