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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did the Melvilles pay Agnis for the boat upholstery?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) Half of what was owing, then left during the night.
(c) Two thousand dollars and twenty-nine cents.
(d) Nothing. They left during the night without settling their account.

2. Who introduces Quoyle and Wavey?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Agnis Hamm.
(c) Billy Pretty.
(d) Partridge.

3. Why does Sunshine exclaim that it is 'a ladder house'?
(a) The external fire escape looks like a ladder.
(b) There is a ladder to the attic.
(c) She sees the scaffolding all over it.
(d) In the poor light, the widow panes look like ladders.

4. Who buys sea urchin roe?
(a) The Japanese.
(b) The French.
(c) The Indonesians.
(d) The Pacific Islands.

5. What injuries did Dennis sustain during the storm crisis on The Polar Grinder?
(a) His right arm and left leg were broken.
(b) Both legs were broken.
(c) Both arms were broken.
(d) He fractured his skull and right arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wavey notice in Archie Sparks' yard?

2. Which of Quoyle's jobs are listed on the first page of the novel?

3. Which character 'sleeps as quiet as an eggbeater'?

4. What is the distinctive feature of the Quoyle house?

5. What is described as a 'gelatinous horror'?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Quoyle feel about Bunny's problems at school?

2. Comment on the significance of the contents of the suitcase Quoyle finds floating in the water.

3. What is significant about the different ways in which Quoyle and his aunt respond to the finding of Bayonet Melville's head?

4. What major fear does Quoyle face up to in Chapter 12?

5. In what way is the appearance of the Botterjacht ironic?

6. In what way are Billy and Quoyle connected?

7. How does the aunt account for her wish to return to Newfoundland?

8. What does Chapter 10 show the reader about the relationship of people to the sea?

9. In what way is the aunt's reaction to the appearance of the distant Quoyle different from her nephew's?

10. What is indicated by the image of Quoyle looking at the horizon?

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