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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 three young lady typists bring with them to Norday?
(a) Cell phones.
(b) Laser telescopes.
(c) Radios.
(d) Typewriters.

2. What two Norday inhabitants seem untouched by the chaos and destruction of the aerodrome workers?
(a) Billie Holm and James MacTavish.
(b) Jacob and Janet Olafson.
(c) Thorfinn and Matthew Ragnarson.
(d) Winnie Swona and her grandmother up at Swinhurst.

3. Why is the present laird so poor?
(a) He has chosen a life of poverty and contemplation.
(b) He spent his money on women and wine.
(c) Norday is poor.
(d) His grandfather had to sell all his land.

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

5. Who from Norday volunteers to fight for King George II against the French?
(a) John Elphinston.
(b) Tobin Raffel.
(c) Elijah Ayre.
(d) Thorfinn Ragnarson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two big houses on Norday Island?

2. Where is Matthew Ragnarson buried?

3. Who does Jacob Olafson leave his boat Scallop to?

4. What is Mr. Abernethy passionately against?

5. Where do the young Norday men hide from the military men and factor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the hippies finally leave Norday Island?

2. Did the peace treaty between Chamberlain and Hitler stop the work on the Norday Aerodrome?

3. Who was Revd Hector Drummond and what was he like?

4. How does Mara react when a seal is captured and killed by the fishermen?

5. What did Winnie Swona do when some of her hens disappeared from the henhouse during the aerodrome building?

6. How is the story Mr. Simon is telling the class (early in chapter 5) relevant to the fantasy sequence in which Thorfinn marries a seal wife?

7. What is happening to both the laird's house and the minister's manse in chapter 5?

8. Why did the Westvoe farm catch on fire and burn to the ground?

9. Why do the seal people rush back into the sea?

10. In chapter 6, what is Elphinstone's role in rounding up the young men for military service?

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