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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Quoyle get the list of ships?
(a) He phones the harbormaster.
(b) He phones the shipping companies.
(c) He asks people at the seafront.
(d) He visits the harbormaster's office.

2. What happened at Perdition Cove?
(a) A shop caught fire.
(b) A boat blew up.
(c) There was a specacular car wreck.
(d) A boat sank.

3. What problem did the newsprint carrier have?
(a) A fire in the galley.
(b) A fire in the engine room.
(c) A leaky throstle.
(d) A drunken captain.

4. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?
(a) Partridge.
(b) Agnis Hamm.
(c) Billy Pretty.
(d) Bunny.

5. What fell from the latch as Quoyle exited?
(a) A length of knotted twine.
(b) Some green twine.
(c) Some seaweed.
(d) The handle

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives Quoyle a headache?

2. About what does Quoyle not believe a word?

3. What can be 'injurious as well as beneficial'?

4. What is the alternative name for Gaze Island?

5. Where had the Quoyles originally settled?

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