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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is responsible for the Home News Page?
(a) Partridge.
(b) Billy Pretty.
(c) Tom Pretty.
(d) Cyrus Nutbeam.

2. How does the reader know Aunt Agnis doesn't like vinyl cladding?
(a) She abuses the salesman.
(b) She says she wouldn't cross the road to buy it.
(c) She says she wouldn't have it on her coffin.
(d) She makes a Bronx cheer when it is mentioned.

3. How big is the iceberg Quoyle sees?
(a) As big as a bowling alley.
(b) As big as a ship.
(c) As big as a house.
(d) As big as a bingo hall.

4. What is Quoyle doing when Mr Shovel calls him?
(a) Leaving to pick up Bunny.
(b) Rewriting a story Nutbeem had heard on the radio.
(c) Daydreaming about his love for Petal.
(d) Writing a ackground story on a car wreck near Killick-Claw.

5. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?
(a) Partridge.
(b) Agnis Hamm.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Billy Pretty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Identify the type of figurative language used in: 'sunset like a flock of birds on fire'.

2. What is the meaning of the word 'atavistic'?

3. Where is the Melvilles' home?

4. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?

5. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?

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