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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sunshine exclaim that it is 'a ladder house'?
(a) In the poor light, the widow panes look like ladders.
(b) The external fire escape looks like a ladder.
(c) There is a ladder to the attic.
(d) She sees the scaffolding all over it.

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

3. What does the aunt do with her brother's ashes?
(a) Scatters them from the wharf.
(b) Disposes them down the lavatory bowl.
(c) Puts them in a special urn and places this on the mantelpiece.
(d) Scatters them in the woods.

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

5. When was Mavis Bangs first married?
(a) At eighteen.
(b) At forty.
(c) At twenty-two.
(d) At fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. The bay's appearance on the map is shown as . . .

2. Why did Carl's hair turn white?

3. What function did Misky Bay fulfill during the war?

4. How is Agnis Hamm related to Quoyle's father?

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

(see the answer key)

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