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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who used skin boats?
(a) The pioneers.
(b) The Inuit.
(c) The Quoyles.
(d) The French.

2. What is part of the managing editor's job?
(a) Doing the police rounds.
(b) Sub-editing.
(c) Doing the advertisements.
(d) Installing heating for the building.

3. What can be 'injurious as well as beneficial'?
(a) Researching and writing news stories.
(b) The mysterious power of knots.
(c) Cod-fishing on the Grand Banks.
(d) Falling in love with a mysterious person.

4. 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.

5. What novel provides the inspiration for Borogrove, Nutbeem's boat?
(a) Alice in Wonderland.
(b) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
(c) The Daughter of Time.
(d) The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inspires Quoyle to cook interesting food?

2. What bizarre tale does Nutbeem tell?

3. What fell from the latch as Quoyle exited?

4. What gives Quoyle a headache?

5. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?

(see the answer key)

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