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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Quoyle get to do the special column on The Shipping News?
(a) No-one else is willing to do it.
(b) He is at last able to write good copy.
(c) He does it for a dare.
(d) People loved his story on the Tough Baby.

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

3. What is The Gammy Bird?
(a) The name of a motel.
(b) A species of gannet.
(c) The name of a newspaper.
(d) The name of a boat.

4. What problem did the newsprint carrier have?
(a) A fire in the galley.
(b) A leaky throstle.
(c) A fire in the engine room.
(d) A drunken captain.

5. What is described as a 'gelatinous horror'?
(a) Bayonet Melville's head.
(b) A mess of decomposing cod.
(c) The dessert at the restaurant at Desperate Cove.
(d) A squidburger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What inspires Quoyle to cook interesting food?

3. What landscape feature triggers the aunt's memories?

4. After whom did the aunt name her dog?

5. What other strange occurrence is mentioned?

(see the answer key)

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