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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 has Thorfinn come back from the war to find in Norday?
(a) Family and friends.
(b) Thriving community and lush farms.
(c) A deserted island.
(d) A rich heritage and strong village.

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

3. What is the one action Thorfinn takes in chapter 7?
(a) Writes a historical novel about the aerodrome.
(b) Joins the construction crew.
(c) Drinks to the health of MacTavish.
(d) Leaves the island.

4. What is the oddest thing the hippie families try to grow on the deserted Norday Island?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Bamboo.
(c) Rice.
(d) Palm trees.

5. What piece of technology does Matthew Ragnarson bring home in chapter 6?
(a) Wireless set.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Television.
(d) Xerox machine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who from Norday volunteers to fight for King George II against the French?

3. How does Thorfinn deal with the tension in his family in chapter 6?

4. Who is Thomas Vass?

5. According to author Brown, what does the real self seek?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Sophie?

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

7. How does Thorfinn see Sophie that very first time?

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

9. 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?

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

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