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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened at Perdition Cove?
(a) There was a specacular car wreck.
(b) A boat sank.
(c) A shop caught fire.
(d) A boat blew up.

2. Why does Quoyle remove the pens from his shirt?
(a) They get in the way.
(b) They are sharp.
(c) They have been sticking into him.
(d) They are leaking.

3. What creature does Quoyle see when he is clearing trash?
(a) A Southern Right whale.
(b) An albatross.
(c) A Minke whale.
(d) A moose.

4. 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 can't look at them straight.
(d) He thinks of Emily Dickinson.

5. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?
(a) Jack Buggit's.
(b) Nutbeam's.
(c) Warren's.
(d) Billy Pretty's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dawn keen to use the electric typewriter?

2. How old is Jack Buggit?

3. Why does Sunshine exclaim that it is 'a ladder house'?

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

5. What is the Back Buddy for?

(see the answer key)

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