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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?
(a) Agnis Hamm.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Billy Pretty.
(d) Partridge.

4. Who buys sea urchin roe?
(a) The Pacific Islands.
(b) The Indonesians.
(c) The French.
(d) The Japanese.

5. 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) 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) Greeting card writer, bell-hop at a hotel, all-night clerk at a convenience store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sunshine exclaim that it is 'a ladder house'?

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

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

4. Who was Quoyle's favorite child?

5. What complicates the family's stay at the motel?

(see the answer key)

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