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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. How does the reader know Aunt Agnis doesn't like vinyl cladding?
(a) She abuses the salesman.
(b) She says she wouldn't have it on her coffin.
(c) She makes a Bronx cheer when it is mentioned.
(d) She says she wouldn't cross the road to buy it.

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

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

4. How does Quoyle get the list of ships?
(a) He phones the shipping companies.
(b) He phones the harbormaster.
(c) He asks people at the seafront.
(d) He visits the harbormaster's office.

5. What group does Reverend Stain belong to?
(a) Opus Dei.
(b) The Freemasons.
(c) Dignified Exit.
(d) Dignified Burial Society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?

3. Who buys sea urchin roe?

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

5. What injuries did Dennis sustain during the storm crisis on The Polar Grinder?

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