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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How big is the iceberg Quoyle sees?
(a) As big as a ship.
(b) As big as a house.
(c) As big as a bingo hall.
(d) As big as a bowling alley.

2. Where did Bunny find the string?
(a) On Quoyle's typewriter.
(b) In the car.
(c) On the doorstep.
(d) Hanging on a bush.

3. Why is it claimed that biologists have visited the Tough Baby?
(a) To use the boat as a base for tagging Minke whales.
(b) To collect the rare marine specimens collected.
(c) To inspect a new species of squid.
(d) To view the numerous carvings of animals and birds that decorate it.

4. Why did Carl's hair turn white?
(a) He had a close encounter with a giant squid or octopus.
(b) He was frightened by a moose.
(c) All his family went white in their thirties.
(d) He was terrified by the ghosts of nineteenth century sealers.

5. According to stories, how was the Quoyle house brought to its present location?
(a) Cut in half and moved by road train.
(b) Dragged across the ice.
(c) Prefabricated in Montreal and trucked in bit by bit.
(d) Cut into sections and moved in by barge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Quoyle's father have?

2. The shag is an alternative word for which bird?

3. What creature does Quoyle see when he is clearing trash?

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

5. Why does Quoyle think he might have to take Wavey to the prairies?

(see the answer key)

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