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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. Where is Matthew Ragnarson buried?
2. What does Thorfinn see, climbing hill Fea against the blue and white of the sky, in chapter 5?
3. Who takes over the laird's Hall?
4. Who is it that Sophie and Thorfinn decide will be the poet?
5. Why are the doors all gone from the village homes after the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the story Mr. Simon is telling the class (early in chapter 5) relevant to the fantasy sequence in which Thorfinn marries a seal wife?
2. Why does the seal girl, Mara, not follow the seal-people into the sea?
3. In chapter five one of the previous minister uses the title of the book when referring to fossils. What does he mean?
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. What does Thorfinn take with him when he is liberated from the German war camp?
6. Why did the hippies finally leave Norday Island?
7. Did the peace treaty between Chamberlain and Hitler stop the work on the Norday Aerodrome?
8. In chapter 6, what is Elphinstone's role in rounding up the young men for military service?
9. Who was Revd Hector Drummond and what was he like?
10. What kind of food does Mara the seal wife like to eat?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed character study of Thorfinn. How is he introduced? What are the major obstacles placed in the path of this protagonist? How does he evolve through the book? What does he learn and how does he change?
Essay Topic 2
What is the effect of the Aerodrome project upon the Island of Norday? How does this project change their way of life forever? What do the workers bring? What do they destroy?
Essay Topic 3
The social order of Norday Island is strictly regulated. Thorfinn is cast, from birth, to be a crofter, as his father was before him. Write an essay on why such a system of pre-ordained roles is important for the continuation of any culture. Is Thorfinn simply a rare oddity who can't fulfill his role or is he symbolic of the "modern man" who longs to find himself outside the bounds of tradition and culture? What is the role of tradition in a small interdependent world such as Norday?
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