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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Quoyle's jobs are listed on the first page of the novel?
(a) Distributer of vending machine candy, all-night clerk in a convenience store, third-rate journalist.
(b) Rope-maker and knot-tester, cab driver, third-rate journalist.
(c) Bell-hop at a hotel, third-rate journalist, traveling salesman.
(d) Greeting card writer, bell-hop at a hotel, all-night clerk at a convenience store.

2. Who is responsible for the Home News Page?
(a) Tom Pretty.
(b) Partridge.
(c) Billy Pretty.
(d) Cyrus Nutbeam.

3. Petal tells Mrs Moosup she will leave the little girls in . . .
(a) Killick-Claw
(b) Connecticut
(c) Florida
(d) Moose Lake

4. The bay's appearance on the map is shown as . . .
(a) A bent thumb
(b) A chemist's pale blue flask.
(c) A dog's leg.
(d) A blue Chinese vase.

5. What injuries did Dennis sustain during the storm crisis on The Polar Grinder?
(a) Both arms were broken.
(b) Both legs were broken.
(c) He fractured his skull and right arm.
(d) His right arm and left leg were broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?

2. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?

3. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?

4. How is Agnis Hamm related to Quoyle's father?

5. What is The Gammy Bird?

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