3. What kind of fishing does Jack most prefer?
(a) Salmon fishing.
(b) Fishing for cod.
(c) Fishing for lobster.
(d) Fly fishing for trout.

4. What news does Dennis phone through to Quoyle?
(a) That Nolan Quoyle has committed murder.
(b) That Jack Buggit is lost at sea.
(c) That Jack Buggit has drowned.
(d) That Jack Buggit has fired him.

5. What are the men arguing about during breakfast?
(a) The weather patterns.
(b) Whether wives should go out to work.
(c) The new government taxes.
(d) The oil and fishing industries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quoyle very surprised to see?

2. What is Dawn's attitude to Florida?

3. How is Quoyle's routine described?

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

5. In the end, what does Quoyle learn?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are descriptions of interior environment, specifically the Heavy weather bar and the Burke house, connected to the characters of Quoyle and Tert Card in Chapter 34?

2. What is Quoyle's response to Billy Pretty's skepticism about him?

3. Comment on the reception given Quoyle's piece about oil tankers.

4. What are the implied advantages of the green house?

5. To what extent is Quoyle drawn to the green house on the point?

6. Contrast the growing relationship between Quoyle and Wavey with that each experienced with their previous partners.

7. Comment on the news stories the men discuss on that cold November morning.

8. What interesting plot lines are dealt with in this chapter?

9. In what sense is the new boat symbolic?

10. In what way has Quoyle reached a turning point in his life?

(see the answer keys)

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