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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. How much money did Wavey's father make on berries in the previous year?
(a) Twelve hundred dollars.
(b) Two thousand dollars.
(c) A thousand dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

2. Where is the Melvilles' home?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Killick-Claw.
(c) London.
(d) Toronto.

3. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?
(a) Nutbeam's.
(b) Jack Buggit's.
(c) Billy Pretty's.
(d) Warren's.

4. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?
(a) Lupus.
(b) Autism.
(c) Down's Syndrome.
(d) Huntington's chorea.

5. Which character works in the school library twice a week?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Wavey.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Dennis.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Quoyle not believe a word?

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

3. Why does Sunshine exclaim that it is 'a ladder house'?

4. Which animal are Newfoundlanders fond of?

5. From what does Dawn want to escape?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quoyle respond to the news about the Quoyles' past?

2. What major fear does Quoyle face up to in Chapter 12?

3. What change in Quoyle occurs following the incident of his article on the 'Hitler yacht'?

4. In what way is the aunt's reaction to the appearance of the distant Quoyle different from her nephew's?

5. What are Quoyle's expectations of marriage and how is the reality different for him?

6. What is indicated by the image of Quoyle looking at the horizon?

7. How does Annie Proulx utilize symbolism in the account of Billy's and Quoyle's journey back from Gaze Island?

8. Why do we feel at this point that there is cause to be optimistic about Quoyle's growing friendship with Wavey?

9. What does the green house on the point mean to the aunt?

10. What does Chapter 10 show the reader about the relationship of people to the sea?

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