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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hector Drummond known for?
(a) His beautiful, mellifluous voice.
(b) Gardening expertise.
(c) Excellent horseback riding skill.
(d) Sailing and fishing.

2. What is claimed and sealed for Scotland in 1314?
(a) Independence.
(b) Economic prosperity.
(c) Freedom from Germany.
(d) Stirling Castle.

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

4. What are iron rations?
(a) Flattened slices of beef.
(b) Heavy chunks of meat with salt.
(c) Thick red tomato soup.
(d) Oatcakes and water.

5. What job does Jock Seatter do in Norday?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Beachcomber.
(c) Politician.
(d) Lobsterman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what craft does Thorfinn return to Norday Island from Byzantine?

2. Who is the new proprietor of Norday's only inn and pub?

3. Why does Will Olafson need help on the croft?

4. When are the brochs first built in the Orkney islands?

5. What great Scottish battle takes place in 1314?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter four where does the school teacher, Mr. Simon, take the class?

2. What is the family situation of Matthew Ragnarson at the beginning of the book?

3. When and where does Old Jacob Olafson die?

4. When headed down the Volga River what does the crew of the Solan Goose eat?

5. Why did the invading ship men stop coming to claim land in the Orkney islands?

6. What reaction does Jacob's wife, Rena, have to arriving on Norday Island?

7. What do the family and friends of Jacob Olafson do when the old man dies?

8. What does the poorest man in Norday believe politically?

9. Why is the horse, Seamus, killed on the road to Stirling Castle?

10. Why are the children bored on the field trip to the broch?

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