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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. What do the visitors bring to the Prince Boris in Thorfinn's first dream?
(a) Butterfly nets.
(b) Kegs of brandy.
(c) Iron ore.
(d) White horse.

2. Who is Hieronymus?
(a) Thorfinn's pet monkey.
(b) Bishop of Orkney.
(c) Greek scholar and sailor.
(d) King of Sweden.

3. What is at the center of a broch?
(a) Stable for horses.
(b) A deep well.
(c) Cookstoves.
(d) Sleeping quarters for children.

4. What is the primary image of "The Song of the Broch?"
(a) Danger from afar.
(b) Stone mother.
(c) Eagles alighting.
(d) Storm clouds brewing.

5. Upon what craft does Thorfinn return to Norday Island from Byzantine?
(a) Saint Magnus.
(b) Saint Sebastian.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Maria Theresa.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his adventure with what does Thorfinn step on the shores of Norday Island?

2. What does Prince Boris serve at the feast for the main course?

3. What does Jacob find when he finally returns to Norday and walks to his childhood home?

4. How does the lord of Norday greet the ragged Norweigan sailors?

5. What happens if the Scottish soldiers at Stirling Castle can capture an English lord?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the invading ship men stop coming to claim land in the Orkney islands?

2. What is Mr. Harcourt-Smithers place within the island community?

3. What does the poorest man in Norday believe politically?

4. What do the family and friends of Jacob Olafson do when the old man dies?

5. Why are the children bored on the field trip to the broch?

6. Why does the author call the gathering at the Norday blacksmith shop "the village parliament?"

7. What is the Solan Goose?

8. In the Song of the Broch, how does Thorfinn describe the sheltering castle?

9. Why is Mr. Simon's lesson on Bannockburn so boring?

10. Why does the school teacher, Mr. Simon, have trouble paying for his groceries at the village shop in Norday?

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