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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the reader tell that Quoyle is self-conscious when he meets Mavis and Dawn?
(a) He coughs nervously.
(b) He covers his chin.
(c) He thinks of Emily Dickinson.
(d) He can't look at them straight.

2. What is the subject of the story Quoyle tells his daughters?
(a) A moose.
(b) A sad dog.
(c) Baby penguins.
(d) Seals.

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

4. 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.

5. The shag is an alternative word for which bird?
(a) The cormorant.
(b) The albatross.
(c) The puffin.
(d) The Mother Carey's chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Quoyle's father have?

2. How old is Jack Buggit?

3. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?

4. What has Bunny yet to learn?

5. When is the library open?

(see the answer key)

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