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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "The Song of the Broch" promise?
(a) No trouble will ever come again.
(b) The broch will always be in good repair.
(c) Stones will crumble.
(d) The sea will overtake the broch in time.

2. Why do villagers laugh at Albert Laird's announcement that his cradle is for Millie Smith?
(a) Millie is 75 and a widow for 55 years.
(b) Millie has 22 children already.
(c) He only makes coffins.
(d) Millie is a horse.

3. What nationality was King Robert the Bruce?
(a) Scottish.
(b) German.
(c) English.
(d) Irish.

4. What is at the center of a broch?
(a) Cookstoves.
(b) A deep well.
(c) Stable for horses.
(d) Sleeping quarters for children.

5. Who from Norday volunteers to fight for King George II against the French?
(a) Thorfinn Ragnarson.
(b) Elijah Ayre.
(c) Tobin Raffel.
(d) John Elphinston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the shepherd who lives up in the high mountain pass in chapter 2?

2. How old is Thorfinn when he leaves school?

3. How does the lord of Norday greet the ragged Norweigan sailors?

4. What is Elphinstone's role on Norday?

5. What are the villagers celebrating in the summer of 1937?

(see the answer key)

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