SparkNotes: The Shipping News: Chapters 4-6 Quiz: Quick Quiz

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Who invites Quoyle and his children to move to Newfoundland?

Ed Punch
Jack Buggit
Partridge
The aunt

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What do Quoyle, his daughters, and his aunt have difficulty finding when they first arrive in Newfoundland?

A paved road
Killick-Claw
The family home
A grocery store

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What does Bunny find behind the family home that gives her a fright?

Knotted twine
A white dog
A nest of rats
A decomposing body

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How does the aunt propose that Quoyle should commute from home to his job in Killick-Claw?

By boat
By car
By dogsled
By bicycle

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What causes Quoyle and his family to end up trapped in a room at the run-down Tickle Motel?

A lock failure
A rabid dog
A snowstorm
Answers A. and B.

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1 of 5
Who invites Quoyle and his children to move to Newfoundland?

2 of 5
What do Quoyle, his daughters, and his aunt have difficulty finding when they first arrive in Newfoundland?

3 of 5
What does Bunny find behind the family home that gives her a fright?

4 of 5
How does the aunt propose that Quoyle should commute from home to his job in Killick-Claw?

5 of 5
What causes Quoyle and his family to end up trapped in a room at the run-down Tickle Motel?

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1 of 5 Who invites Quoyle and his children to move to Newfoundland?

2 of 5 What do Quoyle, his daughters, and his aunt have difficulty finding when they first arrive in Newfoundland?

3 of 5 What does Bunny find behind the family home that gives her a fright?

4 of 5 How does the aunt propose that Quoyle should commute from home to his job in Killick-Claw?

5 of 5 What causes Quoyle and his family to end up trapped in a room at the run-down Tickle Motel?

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Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

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1 of 5
Who invites Quoyle and his children to move to Newfoundland?

2 of 5
What do Quoyle, his daughters, and his aunt have difficulty finding when they first arrive in Newfoundland?

3 of 5
What does Bunny find behind the family home that gives her a fright?

4 of 5
How does the aunt propose that Quoyle should commute from home to his job in Killick-Claw?

5 of 5
What causes Quoyle and his family to end up trapped in a room at the run-down Tickle Motel?