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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator encounter on Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?
(a) A lovely garden.
(b) Joanna's old home, intact just as she left it.
(c) The ruins of Joanna's home.
(d) A great collection of shells.

2. What happened when Gaffett and his companion left "the waiting place"?
(a) They worried that they would freeze.
(b) The animals watched as they moved out of sight.
(c) The townspeople seemed to taunt them.
(d) The coastline disappeared.

3. What topic leads to the narrator's conversation with Captain Littlepage about life after death?
(a) The importance of living life to it's fullest.
(b) Captain Littlepage's near-death experience.
(c) The Reverend's remarks.
(d) Mrs. Begg's funeral.

4. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?
(a) That she has decided to stay on the island.
(b) That she has committed the ultimate sin.
(c) That she has decided to return to Dunnet Landing.
(d) That she has fallen ill.

5. Why does tansy grow so well around the schoolhouse?
(a) The children trampled it down during the spring.
(b) The spacious schoolyard.
(c) The salty air near the ocean.
(d) The fertile soil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs to the narrator as she is looking over the landscape on Shell-Heap Island?

2. What emotion prompts Joanna to take such drastic measures once the engagement is broken off?

3. What does the narrator notice about her own thoughts as the funeral procession moves out of sight?

4. What advice does Joanna give Mrs. Todd?

5. How does the town doctor feel about Mrs. Todd and her use of herbs?

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