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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What maritime connections does Quoyle have?
(a) He was born at sea.
(b) His grandfather was a sealer.
(c) His grandfather was a sea-captain.
(d) His father was a sealer.

2. Which of Quoyle's jobs are listed on the first page of the novel?
(a) Greeting card writer, bell-hop at a hotel, all-night clerk at a convenience store.
(b) Bell-hop at a hotel, third-rate journalist, traveling salesman.
(c) Distributer of vending machine candy, all-night clerk in a convenience store, third-rate journalist.
(d) Rope-maker and knot-tester, cab driver, third-rate journalist.

3. Why is Gaze Island important to Billy?
(a) His father is buried there.
(b) He spent his honeymoon there.
(c) His wife and child are buried there.
(d) He owns land there.

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

5. What visual effect does fog have, according to Billy?
(a) It makes evrything look florid.
(b) It makes things look smaller.
(c) It makes everything look yellow.
(d) It makes things look larger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy like about Desperate Cove?

2. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?

3. What does Wavey notice in Archie Sparks' yard?

4. Why does Quoyle remove the pens from his shirt?

5. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?

(see the answer key)

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