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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 are the names of Mr. Harcourt-Smither's granddaughters?
(a) Mara and Vass.
(b) Debbie and Penny.
(c) Ragna and Magdalena.
(d) Josie and Margaret.

2. Who generally rules the manse and the pastor on Norday Island?
(a) Minister's wife.
(b) Board of Trustees at the Kirk.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Congregation.

3. Who brings Thorfinn his supplies on the deserted Norday Island now that everyone else has gone?
(a) Supplies are dropped by air.
(b) Mansie Drever, the Selskay fisherman.
(c) Ragna Magnarson.
(d) Sophie, on the horse Selkie.

4. Why does Thorfinn put off eating canned food upon his final return to Norday?
(a) The cans were stolen.
(b) It feels like cheating.
(c) He is not sure the food is safe.
(d) The canned food is very expensive.

5. What reaction do the seals have to the noise and chaos of the workers on Norday?
(a) Crawl up onto the shore and die.
(b) Refuse to eat.
(c) Gather other seals and surround Norday.
(d) Swim away to another island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Thomas Vass?

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

3. What is the Kitty Fea?

4. What does Winnie Swona do when someone tries to steal her hens?

5. What awkward announcement does Matthew Ragnarson make to his children in chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thorfinn take with him when he is liberated from the German war camp?

2. Why was the present laird, Mr. Harcourt-Smithers, so much poorer than his forefathers?

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

4. Who is Sophie?

5. What kind of food does Mara the seal wife like to eat?

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

8. According to chapter 5, how did the lairds of old manage to be so wealthy?

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

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

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