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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the motel, what does Quoyle buy for his daughters?
(a) Yo-yos.
(b) Wind-up penguins.
(c) Cuddly bears.
(d) Stuffed penguins.

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

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

4. What is part of the managing editor's job?
(a) Sub-editing.
(b) Doing the police rounds.
(c) Doing the advertisements.
(d) Installing heating for the building.

5. What bizarre tale does Nutbeem tell?
(a) Of a fish being sent to a party.
(b) Of a woman being made to eat rotten fish.
(c) Of a ghostly sealer feasting on whale blubber.
(d) Of a bouncer being assaulted with a fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the distinctive feature of the Quoyle house?

2. What is a synonym for 'mortification'?

3. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?

4. Why did Carl's hair turn white?

5. Why does Billy go to the clinic?

(see the answer key)

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