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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What other strange occurrence is mentioned?
(a) Frogs raining down in Misky Bay.
(b) A ghost ship in the bay.
(c) A fall of frozen ducks.
(d) The return of the Flying Dutchman.

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

5. How did Agnis' mother die?
(a) Of pneumonia, at home.
(b) Of pneumonia, in a Brooklyn hospital.
(c) Of injuries sustained in a fall.
(d) Of lung cancer, in a Brooklyn Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for the former sailor hairstyle called 'queues'?

2. What is The Gammy Bird?

3. What complicates the family's stay at the motel?

4. In what way is a nip important to a knot?

5. How is Quoyle's routine described?

(see the answer key)

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