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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Low Tide, and Chapter 13, Treading Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Joan go before she went to meetings with editors?
(a) Larry's PX.
(b) A local bar.
(c) Her oldest son's house.
(d) Church.

2. Who called Joan the evening after she returned from the seal island?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Joshua Cahoon.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

3. What did Joan decide at the end of her month of increased socializing in Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow?
(a) She missed her husband.
(b) She liked being around other people.
(c) She hated socializing.
(d) She was in control of her life & when guests came and left.

4. Who honked her horn and flashed her lights and encouraged an exhausted Joan to continue the race when Joan was about to quit?
(a) Hazel.
(b) A lady cop.
(c) The fish market owner's wife.
(d) Joan Erickson.

5. What did studying her old photos reveal to Joan about herself?
(a) That she fit in by being what others wanted her to be.
(b) That she didn't look like her other relatives.
(c) That she longed for a close family again.
(d) That she had been a lonely, homely child.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?

2. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?

3. What disappointed Joan about her visit with Joan Erickson's cousin?

4. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?

5. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?

(see the answer key)

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