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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters 3 - 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Tom get news of an urgent vacancy at Janus Rock in Part One: Chapter 1?
(a) March, 1921.
(b) June, 1920.
(c) March, 1919.
(d) September, 1922.

2. What ship is described in the shipwreck of 1889 in the Prologue?
(a) The Pride of Birmingham.
(b) The White Falcon.
(c) The Queen of the Orient.
(d) The Windward Spirit.

3. Where did Trimble Docherty commit suicide?
(a) Hopetoun.
(b) Janus Rock.
(c) Albany.
(d) Byron Bay.

4. How long does Tom say it will be before he returns to the mainland in his letter to Isabel in Part One: Chapter 4?
(a) One month.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three months.

5. Why did Trimble Docherty commit suicide?
(a) Grief after his mother.
(b) Guilt from a long-ago murder.
(c) Grief after his wife died.
(d) He was crazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Part One: Chapter 2 as the town butcher in Point Partageuse?

2. What is Tom's last name?

3. On what date does Part One: Chapter 1 begin?

4. Who skippers the store boat for all the light stations along the coast near Point Partageuse?

5. When did telegraph service arrive in Point Partageuse, according to the narrator in Part One: Chapter 2?

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