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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 distinctive feature of the Quoyle house?
(a) It's painted bright green.
(b) The carving on the gables.
(c) A window flanked by two smaller ones.
(d) An odd roof-line.

2. For how many years was Quoyle married to Petal?
(a) Seven and a half.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Sixteen.

3. What is the subject of the story Quoyle tells his daughters?
(a) A sad dog.
(b) A moose.
(c) Baby penguins.
(d) Seals.

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

5. Which character 'sleeps as quiet as an eggbeater'?
(a) Quoyle.
(b) Agnis.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Warren.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Petal tells Mrs Moosup she will leave the little girls in . . .

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

4. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?

5. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?

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