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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives on the Raven one summer day in 1937?`
(a) Sophie.
(b) Three important looking men who were surveyors.
(c) Thorfinn's mother and father.
(d) King George IV.

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

3. Where do the young Norday men hide from the military men and factor?
(a) Caves.
(b) Boats off shore.
(c) Cliffs of Dover.
(d) Laird's Hall.

4. When the original Hall burns down, where does the laird stay that winter?
(a) Hovel on grounds of original Hall.
(b) Cave on isle of Westray.
(c) London hotel.
(d) With Isa Estavoy.

5. Why type of car does Thomas Vass drive?
(a) Horse and buggy.
(b) Ford.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Austin Martin.

6. What dates are carved on Jacob Olafson's stone?
(a) 1887-1889.
(b) 1800-1901.
(c) 1888-1905.
(d) 1865-1930.

7. What is Thorfinn working on at the start of chapter 8?
(a) Plans for Norday's recovery.
(b) Poems about sunsets.
(c) Lobster creels.
(d) Stories about kings and queens.

8. Where does Thorfinn see peat smoke rising from on what he thinks is a deserted Norday?
(a) Glebe.
(b) Swinhurst.
(c) Smylder.
(d) Ingle.

9. What do the Scottish and Irish laborers do when they arrive?
(a) Take over the main buildings and farm.
(b) Evict all the Norday residents.
(c) Cover a beach with concrete.
(d) Erect village of Nissen huts.

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

11. What do the three young lady typists bring with them to Norday?
(a) Radios.
(b) Laser telescopes.
(c) Cell phones.
(d) Typewriters.

12. What upsets the farmers about the arrival of the workmen?
(a) The workmen are very lazy.
(b) Young women want to marry the workmen.
(c) Farms are being taken by the government.
(d) Dust is raised in the construction process.

13. Who is it that Sophie and Thorfinn decide will be the poet?
(a) Thorfinn.
(b) Their son.
(c) The reader.
(d) Sophie.

14. Where is Matthew Ragnarson buried?
(a) At sea.
(b) On Orkney Island at the kirk.
(c) On Selskay where he had moved.
(d) The family plot on Norday.

15. Where does the Norday laird of the 1930s spend most of his time?
(a) Norday Island.
(b) Sailing around the world.
(c) London.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the muse chapter 5 is named for?

3. Who from Norday volunteers to fight for King George II against the French?

4. Who does Jimmy Greenay save from drowning in chapter 7?

5. Who takes over the laird's Hall?

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