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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence confirms to Agnis that she had seen a man close by?
(a) A dropped cigarette pack.
(b) Footprints of fishing boots.
(c) A smoldering cigarette butt.
(d) The smell of pomade and pipe tobacco.

2. What can be 'injurious as well as beneficial'?
(a) Researching and writing news stories.
(b) Falling in love with a mysterious person.
(c) The mysterious power of knots.
(d) Cod-fishing on the Grand Banks.

3. What is Quoyle doing when Mr Shovel calls him?
(a) Leaving to pick up Bunny.
(b) Writing a ackground story on a car wreck near Killick-Claw.
(c) Daydreaming about his love for Petal.
(d) Rewriting a story Nutbeem had heard on the radio.

4. Why is it claimed that biologists have visited the Tough Baby?
(a) To inspect a new species of squid.
(b) To collect the rare marine specimens collected.
(c) To view the numerous carvings of animals and birds that decorate it.
(d) To use the boat as a base for tagging Minke whales.

5. What is The Gammy Bird?
(a) The name of a boat.
(b) The name of a motel.
(c) The name of a newspaper.
(d) A species of gannet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other strange occurrence is mentioned?

2. What bizarre tale does Nutbeem tell?

3. What fell from the latch as Quoyle exited?

4. Who is responsible for the Home News Page?

5. After whom did the aunt name her dog?

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