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

2. What does Matthew Ragnarson's dog Stalwart do when the workmen demolish Ingle's fence?
(a) Hides in the barn.
(b) Runs into the sea.
(c) Tears the fence down for them.
(d) Bites one of them.

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

4. Who burns down the original Hall?
(a) King George II's sailors.
(b) The laird on a drunken ramble.
(c) The Jacobian army.
(d) Bonnie Prince Charles.

5. According to author Brown, what does the real self seek?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Fame and fortune.
(c) Heaven.
(d) True treasure, the grail.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Bishop Usher set the date of Creation?

2. What is Mr. Abernethy passionately against?

3. What is the oddest thing the hippie families try to grow on the deserted Norday Island?

4. What type of "disease" does Thorfinn have when the military comes looking for him?

5. What reaction do the seals have to the noise and chaos of the workers on Norday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Mistress Ragnarson not afraid to catch consumption from her son Thorfinn (in chapter 6)?

3. Why are all the doors gone from the island homes when Thorfinn returns to Norday after many years absence?

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

5. What does Thorfinn find when he goes, after many long years, back to the loft where he had locked up Mara's seal skin?

6. What did the Ragnarson's dog, Stalwart, do when the workers came to tear down the fences in order that Ingle might become part of the Aerodrome building site?

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

8. In chapter five one of the previous minister uses the title of the book when referring to fossils. What does he mean?

9. Why did the hippies finally leave Norday Island?

10. Why did Sophie come back to Norday Island in the end?

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