The Shipping News Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Shipping News Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has Skipper Will invented?
(a) A new style of snow-shoe.
(b) A new recipe for cod chowder.
(c) A squidburger.
(d) A device for harnessing moose.

3. Which people are described as wild, inbred half-wits and murderers?
(a) The Quoyles.
(b) The Hamms.
(c) The Buggits.
(d) The Cards.

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

5. Who is Alvin's niece?
(a) Petal.
(b) Wavey.
(c) Beety.
(d) Agnis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Beety, what can you never have too many of?

2. Why did Carl's hair turn white?

3. What used to cause thousands of wrecks per year?

4. Who used skin boats?

5. What happened to the old lighthouse?

(see the answer key)

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