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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which accommodation no longer seems attractive to Quoyle?
(a) The motel where he is staying.
(b) Nutbeem's trailer.
(c) The green house.
(d) The back of his station waggon.

2. Who does Sunshine call 'that yucky man'?
(a) Jack Buggit.
(b) Nutbeem.
(c) Tert Card.
(d) Billy Pretty.

3. What happens to Nutbeem's bicycle?
(a) Quoyle steals it.
(b) Diddy Shovel throws it into the bay.
(c) Diddy Shovel steals it.
(d) Tert Card rides it into the woods, chasing the Hairy Devil.

4. How is Nutbeem's bathroom unusual?
(a) There is a bidet.
(b) There is a built-in TV in the shower recess.
(c) There is a makeshift bath in the shower recess.
(d) There is an old firehose in the shower recess.

5. Who is Alvin's niece?
(a) Beety.
(b) Petal.
(c) Wavey.
(d) Agnis.

6. What does Wavey wear for the trip to St John's?
(a) A maroon suit in boiled wool.
(b) A Chanel suit in golden brown.
(c) A Chanel suit in maroon with sky blue piping.
(d) A maroon serge suit.

7. Where did Bunny find the string?
(a) On Quoyle's typewriter.
(b) Hanging on a bush.
(c) On the doorstep.
(d) In the car.

8. What aspect of journalism did Nutbeem handle well?
(a) Touchy stories.
(b) Feature articles.
(c) Investigations.
(d) Interviews

9. What used to cause thousands of wrecks per year?
(a) Storms.
(b) Overloading.
(c) Over-fishing.
(d) The Quoyles.

10. How did Quoyle occupy himself until lunch?
(a) He wrote a news story.
(b) He went fishing.
(c) He worked on his novel.
(d) He split wood.

11. What prompts Quoyle to make another vow to lose weight?
(a) His corduroy trousers are tight.
(b) His boss.
(c) His doctor.
(d) His need to impress Wavey.

12. Who used skin boats?
(a) The Quoyles.
(b) The Inuit.
(c) The pioneers.
(d) The French.

13. What does Wavey wonder about?
(a) Whether or not she loves Quoyle.
(b) When Quoyle will propose to her.
(c) Bunny's mentioning of Petal.
(d) How she'll teach Bunny to hook rugs.

14. What is one thing Quoyle actually likes about Christmas?
(a) Remembering his childhood Christmases.
(b) The smell of fir trees.
(c) Opening presents.
(d) The ads on the radio.

15. Why does the dinner begin with tears?
(a) Sunshine fell over.
(b) The aunt is annoyed with Bunny.
(c) Quoyle received his credit card bill.
(d) Bunny fell over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Quoyle about the Los Angeles riots?

2. What kind of fishing does Jack most prefer?

3. What keeps Adonis Collard in Misky Bay?

4. What is approximate to the meaning of the word 'redolent'?

5. What dreadful family secret does Quoyle discover?

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