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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Quoyle slows his boat down quickly?
(a) It capsizes.
(b) It rolls alarmingly.
(c) The engine stalls.
(d) Water comes in over the transom at the stern.

2. After whom did the aunt name her dog?
(a) Warren hastigs.
(b) Warren Beatty.
(c) Beatrice Warren.
(d) Irene Warren.

3. Who was Quoyle's favorite child?
(a) Quoyle.
(b) Petal.
(c) Jane.
(d) Dick.

4. About what does Quoyle not believe a word?
(a) The gossip concening the interesting boat.
(b) The gossip concening Wavey.
(c) His aunt's stories about the green house.
(d) Bunny's reported prowess as a sailor.

5. Which of Quoyle's jobs are listed on the first page of the novel?
(a) Greeting card writer, bell-hop at a hotel, all-night clerk at a convenience store.
(b) Bell-hop at a hotel, third-rate journalist, traveling salesman.
(c) Rope-maker and knot-tester, cab driver, third-rate journalist.
(d) Distributer of vending machine candy, all-night clerk in a convenience store, third-rate journalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character works in the school library twice a week?

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

3. Identify the type of figurative language used in: 'sunset like a flock of birds on fire'.

4. In what way does Quoyle benefit from Petal's death?

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

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