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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 works in the school library twice a week?
(a) Wavey.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Dawn.

2. 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.

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

4. What is Quoyle doing when Mr Shovel calls him?
(a) Writing a ackground story on a car wreck near Killick-Claw.
(b) Leaving to pick up Bunny.
(c) Daydreaming about his love for Petal.
(d) Rewriting a story Nutbeem had heard on the radio.

5. About what does Quoyle not believe a word?
(a) Bunny's reported prowess as a sailor.
(b) The gossip concening the interesting boat.
(c) His aunt's stories about the green house.
(d) The gossip concening Wavey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character 'sleeps as quiet as an eggbeater'?

2. How does Quoyle get the list of ships?

3. What happens when Quoyle slows his boat down quickly?

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

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

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