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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Safe Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While riding her bicycle in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, with whom did Joan wonder if she could ever share a bike ride?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Joan Erikson.
(d) Her oldest son and his wife.

2. What things did Joan notice during her bicycle ride in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor?
(a) The friendliness of everyone she met.
(b) The traffic in the town.
(c) The number of tourists at Cape Cod.
(d) The sights and scents of nature.

3. When did Nickerson's Fish Market close for the winter?
(a) At Christmas.
(b) At the end of December.
(c) At Thanksgiving.
(d) At the beginning of January.

4. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?
(a) It was a plastic lobster.
(b) It was molting.
(c) It was ill.
(d) It was sleeping.

5. From whom did Joan get the wobbly kitchen table in the cottage?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Joshua Cahoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions did Joan decide she could let her husband return home?

2. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?

3. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?

4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?

5. Who was paying for the work of the men Joan found at her cottage upon her return from the general store?

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