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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator miss as she is thinking about life in Dunnet Landing after the funeral procession?
(a) Foods from home.
(b) News from her hometown.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Her family.

2. What emotion does Elijah awaken in the narrator?
(a) Fear.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Regret.
(d) Sadness.

3. What does Mrs. Todd do during her free time?
(a) She collects herbs for natural remedies.
(b) She takes care of her mother.
(c) She visits her friends.
(d) She collects herbs for cooking.

4. What hobby of Elijah's surprises the narrator?
(a) He crochets.
(b) He paints.
(c) He knits.
(d) He cooks.

5. What does the narrator find impressive about the Captain's retelling of Gaffett's story?
(a) His attention to detail.
(b) His skepticism.
(c) His bright eyes and vigor in storytelling.
(d) His sense of nostalgia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Sant make the most of his potential?

3. What does Mrs. Todd say she needs after a difficult afternoon at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What does the narrator compare Captain Littlepage's gait to?

5. What does the narrator remark that the seamen's minds seem to be fixed on?

(see the answer key)

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