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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 keeps Thorfinn awake during church services?
(a) Eating sweets.
(b) Playing the piano.
(c) Counting sheep.
(d) Singing hymns.

2. Who takes Thorfinn back from the Eastern Empire to Norday Island?
(a) Earl Rognvald.
(b) Emperor Manuel.
(c) Viking pirates.
(d) Rolf Rolfson.

3. After his adventure with what does Thorfinn step on the shores of Norday Island?
(a) A bag of gold tied to his belt.
(b) Two black lambs.
(c) Seven pieces of silver in his purse.
(d) A servant from Greece.

4. What is Jeremy Smith watching during the school lesson about brochs?
(a) Dolphins swimming just past the harbor.
(b) The swirling, turning clouds.
(c) A pack of wild dogs chasing a fawn.
(d) His father boat, the Willa May.

5. What is the place named Ingle?
(a) Village store.
(b) Harbor bar.
(c) County seat.
(d) Ragnarson's farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most islanders feel about Olafson's death?

2. What does Jacob prefer over farming?

3. Where is Mr. Simon hoping to go on vacation with Miss Cameron?

4. What is the name of Olafson's farm?

5. What is the primary image of "The Song of the Broch?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What sorts of food do Thorfinn and Sir James MacTavish eat on their way to Stirling Castle?

2. When Sir James MacTavish is on his way to the battle of Bannockburn he meets a herdsman. What has the herdsman never heard of?

3. In chapter four where does the school teacher, Mr. Simon, take the class?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What brings Jacob Olafson's wife Rena out of her fearful, furtive ways and back into life?

10. What is the Solan Goose?

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