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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 two big houses on Norday Island?
(a) Minister's manse and laird's hall.
(b) Town hall and village inn.
(c) Broch and Smylder.
(d) King George's summer home and Isa's farmhouse.

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

3. Who is Ragna courting in chapter 6?
(a) Stalwart Inqvest.
(b) Ransom Terry.
(c) Selkie Downs.
(d) Andrew Rosey.

4. What awkward announcement does Matthew Ragnarson make to his children in chapter 6?
(a) Thorfinn will inherit the farm alone.
(b) He plans to marry again.
(c) Ragna is asked to leave immediately.
(d) He has cancer.

5. Where is Matthew Ragnarson buried?
(a) The family plot on Norday.
(b) At sea.
(c) On Selskay where he had moved.
(d) On Orkney Island at the kirk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 7 what appears just off the shore of Norday?

2. When does the original Hall burn down?

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

4. How many rooms does the laird's Hall have?

5. Who is Thomas Vass?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. When the workmen are sent to build the aerodrome on Norday Island they are quite unhappy. What cheers them up?

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

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

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

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

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