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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Seal Woman, and Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) Joshua Cahoon jogging.
(c) Her husband walking the dog.
(d) The neighborhood children walking to school.

3. How many Christmas cards did Joan send during her year alone at the cottage?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Three dozen.
(c) Six.
(d) None.

4. What disappointed Joan about her visit with Joan Erickson's cousin?
(a) She found Joan Erickson's cousin dull.
(b) She had hoped for a longer visit.
(c) She didn't learn anything about herself.
(d) She had hoped for a shorter visit.

5. When Joan's father died, which relative angered Joan by not attending his funeral?
(a) Joan's husband.
(b) Joan's older son.
(c) Joan's younger son.
(d) Joan's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Joan go before she went to meetings with editors?

2. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan think women looked exhausted as the holidays approached?

3. In Chapter 3, Seal Sense Analysis, who gave Joan some clams he had dug up?

4. Which of the following was not something that Joan achieved in her early twenties?

5. How long was the film crew on Cape Cod?

(see the answer key)

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