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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Billy go to the clinic?
(a) To visit Carl.
(b) To flirt with the nurses.
(c) To do a course in first aid.
(d) To have his prostate checked.

2. From what does Dawn want to escape?
(a) Mavis Bangs' constant chatter.
(b) Her poverty.
(c) Killick-Claw in the winter.
(d) Agnis Hamm's bossiness.

3. Petal tells Mrs Moosup she will leave the little girls in . . .
(a) Florida
(b) Connecticut
(c) Killick-Claw
(d) Moose Lake

4. What maritime connections does Quoyle have?
(a) His grandfather was a sealer.
(b) He was born at sea.
(c) His grandfather was a sea-captain.
(d) His father was a sealer.

5. What is The Gammy Bird?
(a) The name of a motel.
(b) The name of a newspaper.
(c) A species of gannet.
(d) The name of a boat.

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

7. What is the meaning of the word 'atavistic'?
(a) Reversion to an earlier type.
(b) Primitive and ignorant.
(c) Being unable to speak.
(d) Musical.

8. Why does Quoyle think he might have to take Wavey to the prairies?
(a) So that Herry can go to a special school.
(b) The climate might be better for her.
(c) So she will be far from memories of her husband's death.
(d) He'd like to try farming.

9. What is the distinctive feature of the Quoyle house?
(a) An odd roof-line.
(b) It's painted bright green.
(c) The carving on the gables.
(d) A window flanked by two smaller ones.

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

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

12. In what way does Quoyle benefit from Petal's death?
(a) He gets to keep the car.
(b) Her insurance money makes him a millionaire.
(c) He has sole care of the children and he has Petal's insurance money.
(d) He has Petal's insurance money and a house in Florida.

13. 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) Scatters them in the woods.
(d) Disposes them down the lavatory bowl.

14. What creature does Quoyle see when he is clearing trash?
(a) A Minke whale.
(b) A Southern Right whale.
(c) A moose.
(d) An albatross.

15. What other strange occurrence is mentioned?
(a) The return of the Flying Dutchman.
(b) Frogs raining down in Misky Bay.
(c) A ghost ship in the bay.
(d) A fall of frozen ducks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What job did Quoyle's father have?

3. Why is Home Rock important?

4. What is the subject of the story Quoyle tells his daughters?

5. What has Bunny yet to learn?

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