Beside the Ocean of Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Beside the Ocean of Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the shepherd who lives up in the high mountain pass in chapter 2?

2. What is the village opinion of Miss Cameron?

3. Who sees the ship of the Sea King in the distance?

4. What is a sign that the broch is being neglected?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mr. Simon's lesson on Bannockburn so boring?

2. What is Mr. Harcourt-Smithers place within the island community?

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

4. What brings Jacob Olafson's wife Rena out of her fearful, furtive ways and back into life?

5. Why did the broch on Norday island become a ruin?

6. When Thorfinn and his father are in the smithy, the men are talking politics. What point of view does MacTavish take?

7. When Sir James MacTavish is on his way to the battle of Bannockburn he meets a herdsman. What has the herdsman never heard of?

8. What does the title of chapter 3 refer to?

9. What is the Solan Goose?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Beside the Ocean of Time" is rooted in Orkney tradition and culture. Write an essay on the connection it has to the world of these northern Scottish islands. How does the author evoke the landscape and ways of his people? What does he love about his homeland? How does he express this in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the idea of a muse, in both ancient Greek literature and here, in chapter 5. How does Sophie function as a muse? Find one example of an ancient Greek muse and compare her to that example.

Essay Topic 3

What is the effect of the Aerodrome project upon the Island of Norday? How does this project change their way of life forever? What do the workers bring? What do they destroy?

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