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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence confirms to Agnis that she had seen a man close by?
(a) Footprints of fishing boots.
(b) A smoldering cigarette butt.
(c) The smell of pomade and pipe tobacco.
(d) A dropped cigarette pack.

2. What inspires Quoyle to cook interesting food?
(a) His thoughts of Partridge.
(b) His love for his family.
(c) His determination to show that economical meals can be gourmet meals.
(d) Gordon Ramsay's latest recipe book.

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. Why does Quoyle think he might have to take Wavey to the prairies?
(a) The climate might be better for her.
(b) He'd like to try farming.
(c) So that Herry can go to a special school.
(d) So she will be far from memories of her husband's death.

5. Who was Quoyle's favorite child?
(a) Petal.
(b) Dick.
(c) Quoyle.
(d) Jane.

6. Where had the Quoyles originally settled?
(a) Gaze Island.
(b) Killick-Claw.
(c) St John's.
(d) Montreal.

7. Identify the type of figurative language used in: 'sunset like a flock of birds on fire'.
(a) This is personification.
(b) This is a metaphor.
(c) This is a simile.
(d) This is metonymy.

8. Why does Quoyle remove the pens from his shirt?
(a) They get in the way.
(b) They are leaking.
(c) They are sharp.
(d) They have been sticking into him.

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

10. Which character 'sleeps as quiet as an eggbeater'?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Agnis.
(c) Warren.
(d) Quoyle.

11. What was unusual about the Net-Man?
(a) It was a rock in the shape of a fisherman.
(b) This was a series of rocks that imprisoned fish, like a net.
(c) It was supposed to be cursed.
(d) These rocks seemed to attract nets and other lost material.

12. What is The Gammy Bird?
(a) The name of a boat.
(b) A species of gannet.
(c) The name of a motel.
(d) The name of a newspaper.

13. Why does Billy go to the clinic?
(a) To flirt with the nurses.
(b) To visit Carl.
(c) To have his prostate checked.
(d) To do a course in first aid.

14. What is described as a 'gelatinous horror'?
(a) The dessert at the restaurant at Desperate Cove.
(b) A squidburger.
(c) Bayonet Melville's head.
(d) A mess of decomposing cod.

15. How does Agnis describe berrying?
(a) As tedious and boring.
(b) As pleasure to all.
(c) As a good way to find a husband.
(d) As a damned nuisance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is part of the managing editor's job?

2. How old is Jack Buggit?

3. What injuries did Dennis sustain during the storm crisis on The Polar Grinder?

4. What can be 'injurious as well as beneficial'?

5. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?

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