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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 poor at keeping secrets?
(a) Billy Pretty.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Agnis Hamm.
(d) Wavey.

2. Why is Home Rock important?
(a) It is a navigation point for Killick-Claw.
(b) It is the site of a shipwreck.
(c) It is home to a protected seal colony.
(d) It marks the landfall of Viking explorers.

3. What is Tert Card's reaction to Quoyle's piece about oil tankers?
(a) He thinks it is a good joke.
(b) He is furious, rewrites it, then goes and gets drunk.
(c) He is annoyed, but grudgingly publishes it.
(d) He is furious, tears it up and punches Quoyle in the face.

4. What creature does Quoyle see when he is clearing trash?
(a) A moose.
(b) A Southern Right whale.
(c) An albatross.
(d) A Minke whale.

5. The shag is an alternative word for which bird?
(a) The cormorant.
(b) The Mother Carey's chicken.
(c) The albatross.
(d) The puffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to stories, how was the Quoyle house brought to its present location?

2. Which accommodation no longer seems attractive to Quoyle?

3. Who is responsible for the Home News Page?

4. What other strange occurrence is mentioned?

5. Which character 'sleeps as quiet as an eggbeater'?

(see the answer key)

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