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

3. About what does Quoyle not believe a word?
(a) The gossip concening Wavey.
(b) Bunny's reported prowess as a sailor.
(c) His aunt's stories about the green house.
(d) The gossip concening the interesting boat.

4. Why does Quoyle get to do the special column on The Shipping News?
(a) He does it for a dare.
(b) No-one else is willing to do it.
(c) He is at last able to write good copy.
(d) People loved his story on the Tough Baby.

5. What do Billy and Quoyle find?
(a) A smashed dory.
(b) A dying orca.
(c) A flotation device.
(d) A suitcase.

6. What job did Quoyle's father have?
(a) Clothing buyer for Wal-Mart.
(b) Hardware buyer at Macy's.
(c) Produce manager in a supermarket.
(d) Hardware manager in a supermarket.

7. How much money did Wavey's father make on berries in the previous year?
(a) A thousand dollars.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) Two thousand dollars.
(d) Twelve hundred dollars.

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

9. After whom did the aunt name her dog?
(a) Warren hastigs.
(b) Warren Beatty.
(c) Beatrice Warren.
(d) Irene Warren.

10. Which character works in the school library twice a week?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Wavey.

11. From what does Dawn want to escape?
(a) Her poverty.
(b) Agnis Hamm's bossiness.
(c) Killick-Claw in the winter.
(d) Mavis Bangs' constant chatter.

12. What is Quoyle doing when Mr Shovel calls him?
(a) Daydreaming about his love for Petal.
(b) Writing a ackground story on a car wreck near Killick-Claw.
(c) Leaving to pick up Bunny.
(d) Rewriting a story Nutbeem had heard on the radio.

13. What are the Tea Buns?
(a) A special cake served in England.
(b) A local word for migrating gannets.
(c) Aunt Agnis's rock cakes.
(d) Submerged rocks.

14. In what way does Quoyle benefit from Petal's death?
(a) Her insurance money makes him a millionaire.
(b) He has sole care of the children and he has Petal's insurance money.
(c) He has Petal's insurance money and a house in Florida.
(d) He gets to keep the car.

15. What maritime connections does Quoyle have?
(a) His father was a sealer.
(b) His grandfather was a sea-captain.
(c) He was born at sea.
(d) His grandfather was a sealer.