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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Quoyle benefit from Petal's death?

2. Identify the type of figurative language used in: 'sunset like a flock of birds on fire'.

3. The bay's appearance on the map is shown as . . .

4. How does Quoyle get the list of ships?

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

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