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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Jacob Olafson leave his boat Scallop to?
2. Why does Thorfinn put off eating canned food upon his final return to Norday?
3. After Tina Lyde is chased off by Thorfinn's sister in chapter 6 what does Tina do?
4. What type of "disease" does Thorfinn have when the military comes looking for him?
5. What type of book does Thorfinn write while in prison?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Major Schneider?
2. Why did the hippies finally leave Norday Island?
3. Did the peace treaty between Chamberlain and Hitler stop the work on the Norday Aerodrome?
4. 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?
5. According to chapter 5, how did the lairds of old manage to be so wealthy?
6. Why did Sophie come back to Norday Island in the end?
7. How does Mara react when a seal is captured and killed by the fishermen?
8. What is happening to both the laird's house and the minister's manse in chapter 5?
9. Why does the seal girl, Mara, not follow the seal-people into the sea?
10. When the workmen are sent to build the aerodrome on Norday Island they are quite unhappy. What cheers them up?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the idea of a muse, in both ancient Greek literature and here, in chapter 5. How does Sophie function as a muse? Find one example of an ancient Greek muse and compare her to that example.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Thorfinn leave when the Aerodome project arrives? In the previous chapters he has always dealt with conflict and trouble with stories and imagination? Why doesn't he do that in chapter 7? What has changed? Is the challenge simply too great for him to face? Or has he become a man and is making a different kind of choice?
Essay Topic 3
Make a list of all the imaginative stories. What is the place of Thorfinn in each? How does his fictional character evolve? What does he learn (briefly) from each dream adventure?
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