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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 does Agnis describe berrying?
(a) As tedious and boring.
(b) As a damned nuisance.
(c) As a good way to find a husband.
(d) As pleasure to all.

2. Why is it claimed that biologists have visited the Tough Baby?
(a) To view the numerous carvings of animals and birds that decorate it.
(b) To use the boat as a base for tagging Minke whales.
(c) To inspect a new species of squid.
(d) To collect the rare marine specimens collected.

3. What condition does Wavey's son suffer from?
(a) Huntington's chorea.
(b) Autism.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Down's Syndrome.

4. What unusual sight do Quoyle and Wavey see as they return with the lunch basket?
(a) Green sausageweed and coralweed.
(b) A strange ship.
(c) A pod of whales.
(d) A collapsing iceberg.

5. How old is Jack Buggit?
(a) Sixty-nine.
(b) Seventy-seven.
(c) Fifty-seven.
(d) Seventy-three.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Dawn want to escape?

2. Which people are described as wild, inbred half-wits and murderers?

3. What is the man in the dory doing?

4. What damage did The Polar Grinder sustain in the terrible storm?

5. What can be 'injurious as well as beneficial'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Quoyle's expectations of marriage and how is the reality different for him?

2. What insight into Jack Buggit does the harbormaster convey to Quoyle?

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

4. How does the aunt respond to Quoyle's doubt over his ability to do the job?

5. How important is the rhythm of their new lives for Quoyle and his family?

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

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

8. What is important, symbolically, about Quoyle's reluctance to move into the house on the point?

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

10. How does the author use the symbolism of the iceberg that Quoyle and Wavey see during their walk?

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