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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator remember Mrs. Todd saying about Captain Littlepage?
(a) He reads a lot.
(b) He is not married.
(c) He is crazy.
(d) He has a housekeeper.

2. What natural landscape influences life in the community?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The forest.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The lake.

3. Why does the narrator choose a new place to write?
(a) She finds she is spending too much time with her new friends.
(b) There are too many distractions.
(c) She doesn't like greeting guests.
(d) Others find her presence distracting.

4. What does the narrator assert during the beginning of her conversation with Captain Littlepage in Chapter 5?
(a) That death must be the end.
(b) That there must certainly be life after death.
(c) That no one can know the answer.
(d) That someday "everyone will know."

5. Where does the narrator go to write in Chapter 1?
(a) The schoolhouse.
(b) The beach.
(c) The park.
(d) A cottage in the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people of Dunnet Landing feel about Mrs. Todd?

2. What did Mrs. Begg dislike about life at Dunnet Landing?

3. How has the funeral affected the Captain's mood in Chapter 5?

4. When does the narrator need to have her writing project finished?

5. What did the Captain do while waiting in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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