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The North Water Quiz

Ian McGuire

This Study Guide consists of approximately 38 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The North Water.

The North Water by Ian McGuire

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

How does Sumner exonerate McKendrick as the killer of the cabin boy? (from Chapters 11-15)

Sumner finds that McKendrick was not on the ship that night.

He demonstrates that McKendrick's thumbs do not match the stranguation bruises on Hannah's neck.

There are no witnesses who saw Hannah and McKendrick together.

He questions each crewman individually.

2.

What crime does Drax commit dockside before the Volunteer sails for the North Waters? (from Chapters 1-5)

He visits a whore in the hotel where the men are drinking.

He forges a passport indicating he is Canadian.

He rapes and kills a young black boy.

He steals from Brownlee's medicine chest.

3.

What happens to Captain Brownlee a few days after being brutally assaulted by Drax? (from Chapters 11-15)

Brownlee recovers and beats Drax with a harpoon.

He decides to leave the whaling blubber business.

Brownlee loses an eye that has been gouged by Drax.

Brownlee dies and is given a burial at sea.

4.

What does Henry Drax say about the murder of the cabin boy Hannah? (from Chapters 6-10)

That Hannah was a known homosexual.

Drax says he saw Hannah pick a fight with another crewman.

Hannah had mentioned suicide several times before his death.

Drax says Hanna was a chronic liar.

5.

What does Sumner discover in a physical exam that makes Drax a suspect in the murder? (from Chapters 11-15)

The surgeon sees an infected area on Drax's arm that surrounds one of Hannah's teeth.

Syphlitic sores on his penis.

Bits of fecal matter in Drax's trousers.

Drax is wearing a locket that belongs to Hannah.

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