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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 grand plan of the government for Norday island's new purpose?
2. What does Thorfinn see, climbing hill Fea against the blue and white of the sky, in chapter 5?
3. What type of "disease" does Thorfinn have when the military comes looking for him?
4. Why is the present laird so poor?
5. Why are the doors all gone from the village homes after the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do the seal people rush back into the sea?
2. Why did Sophie come back to Norday Island in the end?
3. Who is Major Schneider?
4. When the workmen are sent to build the aerodrome on Norday Island they are quite unhappy. What cheers them up?
5. Why does the seal girl, Mara, not follow the seal-people into the sea?
6. Why are all the doors gone from the island homes when Thorfinn returns to Norday after many years absence?
7. Why was the present laird, Mr. Harcourt-Smithers, so much poorer than his forefathers?
8. In chapter 6, what is Elphinstone's role in rounding up the young men for military service?
9. In chapter five one of the previous minister uses the title of the book when referring to fossils. What does he mean?
10. Who is Sophie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a detailed character study of Thorfinn. How is he introduced? What are the major obstacles placed in the path of this protagonist? How does he evolve through the book? What does he learn and how does he change?
Essay Topic 2
Contrast the story of the two horses, Seamus (chapter 2) and Selkie (chapter 5). Write an essay describing their part in the story and what they symbolize. George Mackay Brown uses both horses symbolically. What does each represent? What is their story and how do they reveal the deeper meaning of the protagonists journey?
Essay Topic 3
Looking at the historic imaginative stories, write an essay on the various time periods and major event which Thorfinn "brings to life" through his imagination and dreaming. Touch briefly on each episode and clearly identify the time period and major characters of the story.
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