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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After whom did the aunt name her dog?
(a) Beatrice Warren.
(b) Warren Beatty.
(c) Irene Warren.
(d) Warren hastigs.

2. Why did Carl's hair turn white?
(a) He was terrified by the ghosts of nineteenth century sealers.
(b) He had a close encounter with a giant squid or octopus.
(c) All his family went white in their thirties.
(d) He was frightened by a moose.

3. What are the Tea Buns?
(a) Aunt Agnis's rock cakes.
(b) A special cake served in England.
(c) Submerged rocks.
(d) A local word for migrating gannets.

4. Why does Petal telephone Quoyle from Montgomery?
(a) To ask him how to cure a hangover.
(b) To tell him she is divorcing him.
(c) To ask him to join her there.
(d) To ask him how to make an Alabama Slammer.

5. What do Billy and Quoyle find?
(a) A dying orca.
(b) A flotation device.
(c) A suitcase.
(d) A smashed dory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did the Melvilles pay Agnis for the boat upholstery?

2. What other strange occurrence is mentioned?

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

4. What novel provides the inspiration for Borogrove, Nutbeem's boat?

5. How big is the iceberg Quoyle sees?

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