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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the story Quoyle tells his daughters?

2. What is part of the managing editor's job?

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

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

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

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