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

2. What is Tert Card's reaction to Quoyle's piece about oil tankers?
(a) He is annoyed, but grudgingly publishes it.
(b) He is furious, rewrites it, then goes and gets drunk.
(c) He thinks it is a good joke.
(d) He is furious, tears it up and punches Quoyle in the face.

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

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

5. How is Quoyle's routine described?
(a) As simple.
(b) As elaborate.
(c) As distinctive.
(d) As frenetic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the men arguing about during breakfast?

2. Which accommodation no longer seems attractive to Quoyle?

3. Who is Alvin's niece?

4. What pleasure does Wavey enjoy in St John's?

5. What makes the departing guests uneasy?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what shape is the local Newfoundland economy?

2. In what way does Quoyle fail Nutbeem?

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

4. In what ways are contrasts important in Chapter 36 of The Shipping News?

5. In what way is Quoyle's discovery of the body important to the narrative?

6. Comment on Jack Buggit's 'resurrection'.

7. In what way is the short scene involving his bath important to our understanding of Quoyle's inner journey?

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

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

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

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