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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do younger lobstermen tend to be?
(a) Runners.
(b) Fighters.
(c) Cutters.
(d) Pushers.

2. Why is Kitty being threatened with eviction?
(a) Because she has not paid rent for almost a year.
(b) Because of her noisy dog.
(c) Because she has loud fights that wake up the neighbors.
(d) Because of her drunkenness.

3. Who is Kitty married to?
(a) Stan.
(b) Simon.
(c) Len.
(d) Angus.

4. What does Cal do as he drives Ruth back to Rockland in Chapter 7?
(a) He sings his favorite songs.
(b) He coughs and coughs.
(c) He smokes a cigar.
(d) He talks endlessly.

5. What does Ebbett Thomas not do that the other men do?
(a) Blame the overseers.
(b) Get married.
(c) Leave for the mainland.
(d) Go to war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Owney not want to do as a profession?

2. Who builds a coffin in Chapter 1?

3. What are the quarries on the islands filled with?

4. Who is Candy?

5. Who is Cal Cooley?

(see the answer key)

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