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Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

1. Which of Quoyle's jobs are listed on the first page of the novel?

2. Who was Quoyle's favorite child?

3. What job did Quoyle's father have?

4. In what city did Quoyle and Partridge meet?

5. For how many years was Quoyle married to Petal?

6. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 3 | Chapter 4

1. What group does Reverend Stain belong to?

2. How is Agnis Hamm related to Quoyle's father?

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

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

5. What is the meaning...
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