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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of which type of figurative language is this an example: 'The bay was an aluminum tray dotted with paper boats.'?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Transfiguration.
(c) Onomatopoeia
(d) Simile.

2. What complicates the family's stay at the motel?
(a) The aunt gets drunk.
(b) Quoyle accidentally locks himself in the bathroom.
(c) They become locked in their room.
(d) People complain about the dog.

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

4. How much did the Melvilles pay Agnis for the boat upholstery?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) Nothing. They left during the night without settling their account.
(c) Two thousand dollars and twenty-nine cents.
(d) Half of what was owing, then left during the night.

5. How old was the harbor-master when he first went to sea?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are two men sent to Waterford for observation?

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

3. What keeps Adonis Collard in Misky Bay?

4. Why is Gaze Island important to Billy?

5. What is Quoyle doing when Mr Shovel calls him?

(see the answer key)

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