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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.

To what does Sumner compare with trying to talk with Drax? (from Chapters 16-20)

The surgeon says it's like talking to a deaf nurse during a procedure.

He compares it to haviing tea with a bear.

Sumner says it feels like having a tooth extracted without whiskey.

Sumner says it's like shouting into the darkness and expecting a reply.

2.

What does Sumner do when the Volunteer is having trouble docking because of advancing ice floes? (from Chapters 16-20)

Sumner stays in his cabin drinking tea and taking laudanum.

The surgeon gives advice on how to work the ship into harbor without damaging it.

Sumner writes in his daily chronicle of the journey.

Sumner gives Drax a shovel and pick and tells him to join his fellow crewmen.

3.

What kind of reward does Captain Brownlee of the Volunteer provide for crewmen after they slaughter a whale? (from Chapters 6-10)

Captain Brownlee promises each man the equivalent of two pounds of blubber.

He buys the extra tools the crew have requested.

He gives them all a special cash award.

He gives them all a free drink of rum.

4.

What does Otto discover at first light when the Vounteer is lodged at its new location? (from Chapters 16-20)

He looks through his binoculars and sees that their rescue ship, the Hastings, is gone.

There is another big snowstorm on its way.

There are two dead and butchered seals at their encampment.

A bear has eaten their food reserves.

5.

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 steals from Brownlee's medicine chest.

He forges a passport indicating he is Canadian.

He rapes and kills a young black boy.

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