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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Quoyle about the Los Angeles riots?
(a) Partridge.
(b) Tert Card.
(c) Wavey.
(d) Jack Buggit.

2. What experience does Tert Card say makes one 'cry with pleasure'?
(a) Taking off from Misky Bay.
(b) Arriving in Florida.
(c) Drinking fresh orange juice.
(d) Getting through the winter.

3. What is Dawn's attitude to Florida?
(a) She isn't impressed, prefers Montreal.
(b) She wants to move there and have an orange tree in the yard.
(c) She isn't impressed, prefers Toronto.
(d) She visited once and would like to go again.

4. Why is Quoyle called to the school?
(a) On account of unpaid fees.
(b) Because the principal wanted publicity for the school.
(c) On account of Bunny's misbehavior.
(d) Because Bunny's poor grades.

5. What fell from the latch as Quoyle exited?
(a) Some green twine.
(b) Some seaweed.
(c) A length of knotted twine.
(d) The handle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Quoyle swear will happen?

2. Why does the dinner begin with tears?

3. What is special about Wavey's Christmas gift to Quoyle?

4. What is the outcome of the conflict over the piece on oil tankers?

5. What used to cause thousands of wrecks per year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Comment on the news stories the men discuss on that cold November morning.

2. In what ways are descriptions of interior environment, specifically the Heavy weather bar and the Burke house, connected to the characters of Quoyle and Tert Card in Chapter 34?

3. What is important about Quoyle's encounter with Cousin Nolan?

4. What secret is exposed during the visit to St John's?

5. Why is Quoyle uncertain about marrying Wavey?

6. Contrast the growing relationship between Quoyle and Wavey with that each experienced with their previous partners.

7. In what way is Bunny's attention-seeking during the restaurant dinner important?

8. In what sense is the new boat symbolic?

9. From the description of it in this chapter, is it possible Quoyle would enjoy living in Nutbeem's trailer?

10. In what way is the short scene involving his bath important to our understanding of Quoyle's inner journey?

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