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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bunny need to bring a box of tissues to school?
(a) For stuffling pincushions.
(b) She's been told that the school cannot afford to supply tissues.
(c) She's been told these are needed for Art classes.
(d) For making papier-mache.

2. How can the reader tell that Quoyle is self-conscious when he meets Mavis and Dawn?
(a) He covers his chin.
(b) He can't look at them straight.
(c) He coughs nervously.
(d) He thinks of Emily Dickinson.

3. What is a clove hitch?
(a) A spice used in French-Canadian cooking.
(b) A Canadian hitch-hiker.
(c) An old-fashioned way of pulling teeth.
(d) A type of knot.

4. Why did Carl's hair turn white?
(a) He was terrified by the ghosts of nineteenth century sealers.
(b) All his family went white in their thirties.
(c) He was frightened by a moose.
(d) He had a close encounter with a giant squid or octopus.

5. Why does Quoyle remove the pens from his shirt?
(a) They get in the way.
(b) They are sharp.
(c) They are leaking.
(d) They have been sticking into him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nutbeem's bicycle?

2. What is a synonym for 'mortification'?

3. What has Skipper Will invented?

4. Why does Quoyle think he might have to take Wavey to the prairies?

5. How is Nutbeem's bathroom unusual?

(see the answer key)

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