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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Rewriting a story Nutbeem had heard on the radio.
(d) Daydreaming about his love for Petal.

2. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?
(a) Autism.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Down's Syndrome.
(d) Huntington's chorea.

3. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?
(a) A crack in the steel hull from starboard to port.
(b) The bridge was swept away, the captain with it.
(c) It broke in half.
(d) It was dismasted.

4. What maritime connections does Quoyle have?
(a) His grandfather was a sealer.
(b) His father was a sealer.
(c) He was born at sea.
(d) His grandfather was a sea-captain.

5. What is part of the managing editor's job?
(a) Doing the police rounds.
(b) Sub-editing.
(c) Installing heating for the building.
(d) Doing the advertisements.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Quoyle not believe a word?

2. After whom did the aunt name her dog?

3. What group does Reverend Stain belong to?

4. What novel provides the inspiration for Borogrove, Nutbeem's boat?

5. What is the meaning of the word 'atavistic'?

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