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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bunny need to bring a box of tissues to school?
(a) For stuffling pincushions.
(b) She's been told these are needed for Art classes.
(c) She's been told that the school cannot afford to supply tissues.
(d) For making papier-mache.

2. When was Mavis Bangs first married?
(a) At twenty-two.
(b) At fifteen.
(c) At forty.
(d) At eighteen.

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

4. What is a clove hitch?
(a) A type of knot.
(b) An old-fashioned way of pulling teeth.
(c) A spice used in French-Canadian cooking.
(d) A Canadian hitch-hiker.

5. What visual effect does fog have, according to Billy?
(a) It makes things look larger.
(b) It makes everything look yellow.
(c) It makes evrything look florid.
(d) It makes things look smaller.

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

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

8. What is the distinctive feature of the Quoyle house?
(a) The carving on the gables.
(b) A window flanked by two smaller ones.
(c) An odd roof-line.
(d) It's painted bright green.

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

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

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

12. Why is Dawn keen to use the electric typewriter?
(a) She is secretly writing a novel.
(b) She secretly types love letters.
(c) She is keen to practice in order to get a better job.
(d) She secretly types job applications.

13. Whose ancestor resorted to cannibalism?
(a) Jack Buggit's.
(b) Nutbeam's.
(c) Billy Pretty's.
(d) Warren's.

14. Where is the Melvilles' home?
(a) Toronto.
(b) London.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Killick-Claw.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How big is the iceberg Quoyle sees?

2. Petal tells Mrs Moosup she will leave the little girls in . . .

3. Who was Quoyle's favorite child?

4. How much did the Melvilles pay Agnis for the boat upholstery?

5. From what does Dawn want to escape?

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