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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the knight and his squire eat on the way to their destination in Chapter 2?
(a) Fresh boar, pork sausage and soft white biscuits.
(b) Dried bear meat, cherries and hot scones.
(c) Oatmeal, salt herring and whatever they can find on the road.
(d) Scottish shortbread, tea and crumpets.

2. How might the pastors of Norday Island be described?
(a) Good farmers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Stellar leaders.
(d) Eccentric.

3. How does the lord of Norday greet the ragged Norweigan sailors?
(a) Kills them all with arrows.
(b) Locks them in the broch.
(c) Offers hospitality for one night.
(d) Brings them into the community as husbands.

4. What is Jacob Olafson's daughter's name?
(a) Isa.
(b) Smylder.
(c) Janet.
(d) Sophie.

5. What great Scottish battle takes place in 1314?
(a) Battle of Midnight Summer.
(b) Battle of Bannockburn.
(c) Breston Ban Battle.
(d) Simontown Seige.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Albert Laird make for Olafson?

2. What do the men of Norday clean their pipes with?

3. Where does Thorfinn wake up at the end of chapter 1?

4. What are the two big houses on Norday Island?

5. Why are there no windows in a broch?

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