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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 did Agnis' mother die?
(a) Of injuries sustained in a fall.
(b) Of pneumonia, at home.
(c) Of lung cancer, in a Brooklyn Hospital.
(d) Of pneumonia, in a Brooklyn hospital.

2. Who finally tells Bunny that Petal is dead?
(a) Wavey.
(b) Quoyle.
(c) Agnis Hamm.
(d) Jack Buggit.

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

4. What type of movie does Beety want Quoyle to hire?
(a) An Australian comedy.
(b) Anything starring Robert Carlyle.
(c) An American comedy.
(d) A movie about vampire lesbians.

5. What is Dawn's attitude to Florida?
(a) She visited once and would like to go again.
(b) She wants to move there and have an orange tree in the yard.
(c) She isn't impressed, prefers Montreal.
(d) She isn't impressed, prefers Toronto.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prompts Quoyle to make another vow to lose weight?

3. What aspect of journalism did Nutbeem handle well?

4. What song does Yark half-sing?

5. What does Wavey wonder about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What convincing evidence is there in this chapter of Quoyle's aptness for the new life he is making at Killick-Claw?

3. In what shape is the local Newfoundland economy?

4. For Quoyle, what are the outcomes of his misadventure with the 'speedboat'?

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

6. In what way is Bunny's attention-seeking during the restaurant dinner important?

7. What is the outcome of Bunny's attack on the teacher?

8. What behaviors show the reader how the relationship between Quoyle and Wavey is developing?

9. Comment on the way the writer uses the psychology of memory in this chapter.

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

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