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

2. Who was Quoyle's favorite child?
(a) Dick.
(b) Petal.
(c) Jane.
(d) Quoyle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?

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

4. Who is responsible for the Home News Page?

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

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