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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What large assignment has Agnis negotiated?
(a) To provide cushions for the QE2.
(b) To do upholstery work in the damaged ship Rome.
(c) To refit the captain's cabin on the Rome.
(d) To refit the damaged ship Rome.

2. Why is Quoyle called to the school?
(a) On account of unpaid fees.
(b) On account of Bunny's misbehavior.
(c) Because the principal wanted publicity for the school.
(d) Because Bunny's poor grades.

3. Quoyle is appalled about what?
(a) The number of American sex offenders in Newfoundland.
(b) The number of local murders.
(c) The dreadful weather in Newfoundland.
(d) The number of sex offenders coming to court.

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

5. Who is Warren the Second?
(a) Agnis's new dog.
(b) Agnis's new girl-friend.
(c) Bunny's sled dog.
(d) A racehorse Partridge bet on once.

6. What do Quoyle and Bunny think about going back to New York?
(a) They have mixed feelings.
(b) They can't wait to get packed and in the car.
(c) They don't like the idea.
(d) Quoyle wants to go, but Bunny doesn't want to leave her best friend.

7. What indirectly caused Jack's accident?
(a) His ship's cat.
(b) A large seal.
(c) A wriggling lobster.
(d) A faulty compass.

8. Why did Mr Nightingale cancel his classified ad?
(a) His boat sank.
(b) His boat suddenly made a profit.
(c) He had run out of money.
(d) He sold using a roadside sign.

9. What does Quoyle swear will happen?
(a) He will get a pay rise.
(b) There will never be a typo.
(c) There will be no reporting of sex murders.
(d) There will be equal space for news and advertising.

10. What is Tert Card's reaction to Quoyle's piece about oil tankers?
(a) He is annoyed, but grudgingly publishes it.
(b) He is furious, rewrites it, then goes and gets drunk.
(c) He thinks it is a good joke.
(d) He is furious, tears it up and punches Quoyle in the face.

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

12. What does Wavey bring for Quoyle's supper?
(a) A lemon meringue pie.
(b) Seal flipper soup.
(c) A seal flipper pie.
(d) A dish of crab chowder.

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

14. What is approximate to the meaning of the word 'redolent'?
(a) recurring, resounding.
(b) aromatic, reminiscent.
(c) reducing
(d) repetitive

15. What can't Herry be told?
(a) That his father is dead.
(b) That his Dad was a rat.
(c) That his father is unknown.
(d) That he is seriously ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Billy Pretty's attitude to travel?

2. Why are two men sent to Waterford for observation?

3. Of which type of figurative language is this an example: 'The bay was an aluminum tray dotted with paper boats.'?

4. How is Nutbeem's bathroom unusual?

5. What job change does Jack announce for Quoyle?

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