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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. How old is Thorfinn when he leaves school?
2. In chapter 6 what does Thorfinn dream of?
3. What is a croft?
4. Why does Thorfinn put off eating canned food upon his final return to Norday?
5. What is a press-gang?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mara react when a seal is captured and killed by the fishermen?
2. Why are all the doors gone from the island homes when Thorfinn returns to Norday after many years absence?
3. How does Thorfinn see Sophie that very first time?
4. Who is Sophie?
5. In chapter 6, what is Elphinstone's role in rounding up the young men for military service?
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 was the present laird, Mr. Harcourt-Smithers, so much poorer than his forefathers?
8. Why does the seal girl, Mara, not follow the seal-people into the sea?
9. Why did the hippies finally leave Norday Island?
10. What did Winnie Swona do when some of her hens disappeared from the henhouse during the aerodrome building?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The style of writing a story within a story is somewhat unique. What does this literary device allow the author to reveal about his main character, Thorfinn? Why doesn't he simply write a book of imaginative stories? How is this double layer of reality different? How does it affect the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Write a detailed character study of Jacob Olafson. Why is he in the book? What does he represent in terms of Thorfinn's journey? What is he representative of in terms of the book and its overall theme?
Essay Topic 3
Looking at the historic imaginative stories, write an essay on the various time periods and major event which Thorfinn "brings to life" through his imagination and dreaming. Touch briefly on each episode and clearly identify the time period and major characters of the story.
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