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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ultimately happens to Joanna's ex-fiancé?
(a) He falls ill.
(b) He spends the rest of his life looking for Joanna.
(c) He spends the rest of his life in Dunnet Landing.
(d) He marries someone else.

2. What emotion prompts Joanna to take such drastic measures once the engagement is broken off?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Hopelessness.

3. How does the narrator react to Joanna's story?
(a) She is glad her own life is better than Joanna's.
(b) She is saddened.
(c) She is disinterested.
(d) She is intrigued.

4. What does Elijah tell the narrator about his love interests?
(a) He would like to remarry if he found the right companion.
(b) He has given up looking for someone new.
(c) He would like to meet someone new, but Dunnet Landing is too small.
(d) He has no interest in remarrying.

5. What does Elijah do that causes him to shed a tear while talking to the narrator?
(a) He talks about how much he misses fishing.
(b) He talks about how much he misses his wife.
(c) He talks about the little details of being married.
(d) He talks about how painful her death was.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Mrs. Todd go to visit Joanna in Chapter 13?

2. What had Mrs. Todd been doing prior to her evening visit with Mrs. Fosdick and the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 13?

3. Why did the Captain leave his position as Commander?

4. How does the narrator characterize Captain Littlepage's reaction to Gaffett's story?

5. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?

(see the answer key)

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