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

3. When does the Bishop Usher set the date of Creation?
(a) 10,000 BC.
(b) 4004 BC.
(c) 2 AD.
(d) 1 million years before Christ.

4. How does Thorfinn imagine Prince Charles life after the escape?
(a) Full of pomp and circumstance.
(b) Becoming a great writer of romance novels.
(c) Living out his years as a crofter on Norday Island.
(d) A glorious death on the fields of battle.

5. In chapter 6 what does Thorfinn dream of?
(a) Sophie and Selkie.
(b) Brochs.
(c) Press gangs and seal people.
(d) Solan Goose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who generally rules the manse and the pastor on Norday Island?

2. When does the original Hall burn down?

3. How does the laird describe Norday Island to his factor in chapter 5?

4. What three chocolate bars are mentioned in chapter 6's description of the festival celebration?

5. What does Matilda Kerrigan do to the three surveyors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thorfinn do when he returns to the island after the war?

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

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

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

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

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 did Sophie come back to Norday Island in the end?

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

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

10. Who is Major Schneider?

(see the answer keys)

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