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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. What is the meaning of the word 'atavistic'?
(a) Primitive and ignorant.
(b) Reversion to an earlier type.
(c) Musical.
(d) Being unable to speak.

2. How is Agnis Hamm related to Quoyle's father?
(a) She is his second cousin.
(b) She is his brother's wife.
(c) She is his ex-wife.
(d) She is his sister.

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

4. What complicates the family's stay at the motel?
(a) Quoyle accidentally locks himself in the bathroom.
(b) They become locked in their room.
(c) The aunt gets drunk.
(d) People complain about the dog.

5. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?
(a) To tell him she is divorcing him.
(b) To ask him how to cure a hangover.
(c) To ask him to join her there.
(d) To ask him how to make an Alabama Slammer.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years was Quoyle married to Petal?

2. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?

3. Which character 'sleeps as quiet as an eggbeater'?

4. How does the reader know Aunt Agnis doesn't like vinyl cladding?

5. What maritime connections does Quoyle have?

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