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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 6 what does Thorfinn dream of?
(a) Brochs.
(b) Sophie and Selkie.
(c) Solan Goose.
(d) Press gangs and seal people.

2. What is this "crudded milk, fantastical puff-paste" that George Mackay Brown speaks of in chapter 6?
(a) Our body.
(b) Insubstantial pastry.
(c) No purpose in life.
(d) Angels who fall from heights.

3. Who is Isa Estquoy?
(a) Thorfinn's mother.
(b) Norday's shopkeeper.
(c) Norday's matchmaker.
(d) Reverend Drummond's daughter.

4. What is a kirk?
(a) Golf course.
(b) Small hill of grass.
(c) Church.
(d) Outhouse.

5. What song is Olafson singing right before he dies?
(a) "Andrew Ross the Orkney sailor"
(b) "Another day has come and gone"
(c) "My Bonnie lies over the ocean"
(d) "Heave away, heave"

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter 7 what appears just off the shore of Norday?

2. What type of music do the workmen play?

3. Why can't the Vikings return to Sweden?

4. What is the present Mr. Harcourt-Smithers known for?

5. What do the villagers eat while taking shelter in the broch?

(see the answer key)

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