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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Bunny yet to learn?
(a) To tie her shoelaces.
(b) To show respect for older people.
(c) To disguise the ways in which she is different.
(d) To show how talented she is.

2. What bizarre tale does Nutbeem tell?
(a) Of a fish being sent to a party.
(b) Of a bouncer being assaulted with a fish.
(c) Of a ghostly sealer feasting on whale blubber.
(d) Of a woman being made to eat rotten fish.

3. Which of Quoyle's jobs are listed on the first page of the novel?
(a) Greeting card writer, bell-hop at a hotel, all-night clerk at a convenience store.
(b) Distributer of vending machine candy, all-night clerk in a convenience store, third-rate journalist.
(c) Bell-hop at a hotel, third-rate journalist, traveling salesman.
(d) Rope-maker and knot-tester, cab driver, third-rate journalist.

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

5. What happened at Perdition Cove?
(a) A shop caught fire.
(b) There was a specacular car wreck.
(c) A boat blew up.
(d) A boat sank.

6. How does the reader know Aunt Agnis doesn't like vinyl cladding?
(a) She abuses the salesman.
(b) She says she wouldn't cross the road to buy it.
(c) She says she wouldn't have it on her coffin.
(d) She makes a Bronx cheer when it is mentioned.

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

8. What does the aunt do with her brother's ashes?
(a) Scatters them from the wharf.
(b) Scatters them in the woods.
(c) Puts them in a special urn and places this on the mantelpiece.
(d) Disposes them down the lavatory bowl.

9. Which people are described as wild, inbred half-wits and murderers?
(a) The Buggits.
(b) The Quoyles.
(c) The Hamms.
(d) The Cards.

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

11. Which animal are Newfoundlanders fond of?
(a) The dog.
(b) The cat.
(c) The moose.
(d) The wolf.

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

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

14. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?
(a) Autism.
(b) Huntington's chorea.
(c) Down's Syndrome.
(d) Lupus.

15. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?
(a) It was dismasted.
(b) A crack in the steel hull from starboard to port.
(c) The bridge was swept away, the captain with it.
(d) It broke in half.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What novel provides the inspiration for Borogrove, Nutbeem's boat?

4. Who is responsible for the Home News Page?

5. What does Billy like about Desperate Cove?

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