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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. Why does Will Olafson need help on the croft?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Alzheimer's disease.
(c) Severe rheumatism.
(d) Laziness.

2. Who is the new proprietor of Norday's only inn and pub?
(a) Taing.
(b) Ragnarson.
(c) Ayre.
(d) MacTavish.

3. Why does Thorfinn miss the great battle at Stirling Castle?
(a) He sleeps through it.
(b) He falls off a cliff into a river.
(c) He drinks too much whiskey.
(d) He's hiding in a cave.

4. What does Prince Boris serve at the feast for the main course?
(a) Fried oysters.
(b) Blood pudding.
(c) Head of a boar.
(d) Casserole of hearts.

5. What nationality was King Robert the Bruce?
(a) Scottish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the knight carry with him to his destination in Chapter 2?

2. In chapter 2, who does Thorfinn dream of?

3. What do the knight and his squire eat on the way to their destination in Chapter 2?

4. What language does Rolf Rolfson speak?

5. Who is Hector Drummond?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the men of the North treated when they had sailed into the Byzantium empire?

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

3. When headed down the Volga River what does the crew of the Solan Goose eat?

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

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

6. When and where does Old Jacob Olafson die?

7. What does the title of chapter 3 refer to?

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

9. Why did the broch on Norday island become a ruin?

10. What is the scripture reading that the pastor from the Borders, Reverend Hector Drummond, saying?

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