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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What movie character does Quoyle feel Benny resembles?
(a) Eraserhead.
(b) Captain Queeg.
(c) Mad Max.
(d) Captain Nemo.
2. Who does Sunshine call 'that yucky man'?
(a) Jack Buggit.
(b) Billy Pretty.
(c) Tert Card.
(d) Nutbeem.
3. What experience does Tert Card say makes one 'cry with pleasure'?
(a) Getting through the winter.
(b) Drinking fresh orange juice.
(c) Arriving in Florida.
(d) Taking off from Misky Bay.
4. What does Quoyle mail to Partridge?
(a) The Shipping News.
(b) A copy of his Will.
(c) The editorial page of the paper.
(d) A letter telling of Nutbeem's party.
5. Why is Quoyle called to the school?
(a) Because the principal wanted publicity for the school.
(b) Because Bunny's poor grades.
(c) On account of unpaid fees.
(d) On account of Bunny's misbehavior.
6. Who humiliated Herry Prowse?
(a) Hetty Pretty.
(b) Bunny.
(c) The school principal.
(d) Mrs Lumbull.
7. What are the men arguing about during breakfast?
(a) The new government taxes.
(b) The weather patterns.
(c) The oil and fishing industries.
(d) Whether wives should go out to work.
8. What is Tert Card's reaction to Quoyle's piece about oil tankers?
(a) He thinks it is a good joke.
(b) He is annoyed, but grudgingly publishes it.
(c) He is furious, rewrites it, then goes and gets drunk.
(d) He is furious, tears it up and punches Quoyle in the face.
9. How did Agnis' mother die?
(a) Of pneumonia, in a Brooklyn hospital.
(b) Of pneumonia, at home.
(c) Of injuries sustained in a fall.
(d) Of lung cancer, in a Brooklyn Hospital.
10. What was the vehicle used by the masked attacker?
(a) A silver Yamaha snowmobile.
(b) A yellow snow taxi.
(c) A blue Yamaha snowmobile.
(d) A blue Yamaha motor scooter.
11. What does Herry perform?
(a) A bagpipe piece.
(b) A piano accordian piece.
(c) A hornpipe.
(d) A specially prepared song.
12. What new slant is suggested for the home page?
(a) International gourmet.
(b) Travel tales.
(c) Wildlife year.
(d) Lifestyles.
13. Why are two men sent to Waterford for observation?
(a) Stealing a microwave.
(b) Letting a horse starve to death.
(c) Taking their clothes off.
(d) Narrowly surviving drowning.
14. What does Wavey wear for the trip to St John's?
(a) A maroon serge suit.
(b) A Chanel suit in maroon with sky blue piping.
(c) A Chanel suit in golden brown.
(d) A maroon suit in boiled wool.
15. Who used skin boats?
(a) The pioneers.
(b) The Inuit.
(c) The Quoyles.
(d) The French.
Short Answer Questions
1. On what day does Nutbeem plan to leave?
2. Quoyle is appalled about what?
3. Where do Quoyle and Nutbeem go for the ice they need?
4. Why do Argentina and Paraguay refuse to play soccer in Peru?
5. How is Nutbeem's bathroom unusual?
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