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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the vehicle used by the masked attacker?
(a) A blue Yamaha motor scooter.
(b) A blue Yamaha snowmobile.
(c) A silver Yamaha snowmobile.
(d) A yellow snow taxi.

2. What is special about Wavey's Christmas gift to Quoyle?
(a) She sent to a New York museum shop for it.
(b) She knitted it herself.
(c) She had Agnis sew it as a surprise.
(d) She had it made in New York.

3. What color is Mavis' hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Blonde.

4. Why does Quoyle decide to take the boat to Killick-Claw?
(a) The road is blocked.
(b) He thinks he can tow the corpse there.
(c) It is faster than driving.
(d) He needs to transport the corpse.

5. In the end, what does Quoyle learn?
(a) To manage a boat.
(b) To discipline Bunny and Sunshine.
(c) That love doesn't have to be associated with pain and misery.
(d) That he's actually a good journalist.

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

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

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

9. What disturbing sensation does Quoyle have when in the green house?
(a) That he is inside a tethered animal.
(b) That he is inside the belly of a whale.
(c) That he is being spoken to by ghosts of the past.
(d) That the house is haunted by murdered sealers.

10. What experience does Tert Card say makes one 'cry with pleasure'?
(a) Arriving in Florida.
(b) Getting through the winter.
(c) Taking off from Misky Bay.
(d) Drinking fresh orange juice.

11. Where is the McGonigle Oil Field?
(a) In Hudson Bay.
(b) Under the Grand Banks.
(c) Twenty kilometres from Killick-Claw.
(d) Between Ireland and northern Canada.

12. What is Billy Pretty's attitude to travel?
(a) He says it is only a passing interest.
(b) He says he might be old, but he is not too old to get on a plane.
(c) He says he wants to see the sun set in Florida.
(d) He says he is past the age of interest.

13. What season is best for boat-building?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

14. What song does Yark half-sing?
(a) The Gandy Goose.
(b) Goosey Gander.
(c) The Wild Goose.
(d) The Spruce Goose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What new job will Tert Card have?

2. What keeps Adonis Collard in Misky Bay?

3. Who is the sled dog driver of the Chapter 39 heading?

4. What aspect of journalism did Nutbeem handle well?

5. What is the outcome of the conflict over the piece on oil tankers?

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