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

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

3. How does Quoyle get the list of ships?
(a) He phones the harbormaster.
(b) He phones the shipping companies.
(c) He asks people at the seafront.
(d) He visits the harbormaster's office.

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

5. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?
(a) The bridge was swept away, the captain with it.
(b) It broke in half.
(c) It was dismasted.
(d) A crack in the steel hull from starboard to port.

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom did the aunt name her dog?

2. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?

3. Petal tells Mrs Moosup she will leave the little girls in . . .

4. Who buys sea urchin roe?

5. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?

(see the answer key)

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