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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the present laird so poor?
(a) He has chosen a life of poverty and contemplation.
(b) He spent his money on women and wine.
(c) His grandfather had to sell all his land.
(d) Norday is poor.

2. What does Matthew Ragnarson's dog Stalwart do when the workmen demolish Ingle's fence?
(a) Runs into the sea.
(b) Tears the fence down for them.
(c) Hides in the barn.
(d) Bites one of them.

3. What type of music do the workmen play?
(a) Music of Donegal and Clydeside.
(b) English Drinking songs.
(c) Classical music.
(d) Jazz and Blues.

4. In the actual history what happens to Prince Charles Edward after he escapes?
(a) He commits suicide rather than face execution.
(b) He marries a Russian Princess and lives in great splendor.
(c) He lives a life of exile, disappointment, and alcoholism.
(d) He becomes the ruler of France.

5. Who is Thomas Vass?
(a) Village smithy.
(b) Sophie's intended groom.
(c) Laird's uncle.
(d) Laird's factor, who manages his property and business.

6. What piece of technology does Matthew Ragnarson bring home in chapter 6?
(a) Xerox machine.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Wireless set.
(d) Television.

7. Why does the Westvoe farm burn to the ground?
(a) Lighting strikes it.
(b) Its owner, Louis Stewart, sets it on fire.
(c) Germans bomb it.
(d) The construction crews need to level the buildings.

8. Why does Thorfinn put off eating canned food upon his final return to Norday?
(a) It feels like cheating.
(b) The cans were stolen.
(c) The canned food is very expensive.
(d) He is not sure the food is safe.

9. What rings for the first time on Norday, brought by the workmen?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Church bells.
(c) Fire Alarms.
(d) Bell choirs.

10. What reaction do the seals have to the noise and chaos of the workers on Norday?
(a) Swim away to another island.
(b) Crawl up onto the shore and die.
(c) Refuse to eat.
(d) Gather other seals and surround Norday.

11. What is Matilda Kerrigan known as in Norday Island?
(a) Hasty woman.
(b) Bold as brass.
(c) Tall as a tree.
(d) Long-suffering wife.

12. What does the Norday pastor pick up "beside the ocean of time" in chapter 5?
(a) Fossils.
(b) Jewels.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Broch stones.

13. What does Winnie Swona do when someone tries to steal her hens?
(a) Stabs him in the leg with her pitchfork.
(b) Shoots the man through the chest with a shotgun.
(c) Invites the thief in for dinner.
(d) Sues the culprit in court.

14. What does Matilda Kerrigan do to the three surveyors?
(a) Attacks their equipment.
(b) Drowns them in the ocean.
(c) Shoots them with a rifle.
(d) Invites them to stay with her.

15. Who does Jacob Olafson leave his boat Scallop to?
(a) Thorfinn Ragnarson.
(b) Janet Olafson.
(c) Howie Ayre.
(d) Geordie Wylie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thorfinn imagine Prince Charles life after the escape?

2. Why are the doors all gone from the village homes after the war?

3. How might the pastors of Norday Island be described?

4. After Tina Lyde is chased off by Thorfinn's sister in chapter 6 what does Tina do?

5. What is Mr. Abernethy passionately against?

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