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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the island's only "person of quality?"
(a) Bishop Michael of Orkney.
(b) Isa Estquoy, the sheriff.
(c) Thorfinn Ragnarson.
(d) Mr. Harcourt-Smithers, the laird.

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

3. Whose relics are rumored to be taken to the war at Stirling Castle?
(a) Angel Gabriel.
(b) Saint Theresa.
(c) Saint Magnus.
(d) Saint Charles.

4. What sea does the Volga empty into?
(a) Japanese sea.
(b) Black sea.
(c) Sea of time.
(d) Atlantic ocean.

5. Where has the Reverend Hector Drummond arrived at Norday from?
(a) A big church in Glasgow.
(b) A monastery in Italy.
(c) The far reaches of Northern Canada.
(d) Irish kirk college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at the center of a broch?

2. What great Scottish battle takes place in 1314?

3. What does the knight carry with him to his destination in Chapter 2?

4. Who is Hector Drummond?

5. Scottish is a fusion of what two languages?

(see the answer key)

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