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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wavey notice in Archie Sparks' yard?
(a) A wooden paddle set against the fence.
(b) A wooden poodle, painted blue.
(c) A new clothesline.
(d) A fishing net hung to dry.

2. Why did Carl's hair turn white?
(a) He was terrified by the ghosts of nineteenth century sealers.
(b) He had a close encounter with a giant squid or octopus.
(c) All his family went white in their thirties.
(d) He was frightened by a moose.

3. The shag is an alternative word for which bird?
(a) The puffin.
(b) The Mother Carey's chicken.
(c) The cormorant.
(d) The albatross.

4. What does the aunt do with her brother's ashes?
(a) Scatters them from the wharf.
(b) Puts them in a special urn and places this on the mantelpiece.
(c) Disposes them down the lavatory bowl.
(d) Scatters them in the woods.

5. How old is Jack Buggit?
(a) Fifty-seven.
(b) Seventy-seven.
(c) Seventy-three.
(d) Sixty-nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the Melvilles pay Agnis for the boat upholstery?

2. In what way is a nip important to a knot?

3. How does the reader know Aunt Agnis doesn't like vinyl cladding?

4. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?

5. What creature does Quoyle see when he is clearing trash?

(see the answer key)

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