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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. How does the town doctor feel about Mrs. Todd and her use of herbs?
(a) He hopes he can cure some of the cases worsened her herbal remedies.
(b) He thinks her belief in the usefulness of herbs is foolish.
(c) The two are on the best of terms.
(d) He feels that the two are rivals.

2. How does the narrator characterize Captain Littlepage's reaction to Gaffett's story?
(a) He believes that too much time at sea can affect your thinking.
(b) He believes that the story is true.
(c) He believes that sailing is dangerous.
(d) He believes that Gaffett made the story up.

3. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?
(a) To write about the area.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) For a long vacation.
(d) To work on a writing project.

4. What does the narrator notice about her own thoughts as the funeral procession moves out of sight?
(a) Her thoughts have become quite melancholy.
(b) The funeral procession has made her nostalgic.
(c) The noise from the procession has made her thoughts restless.
(d) Her thoughts are flighty, and she can't concentrate enough to write.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gaffett and his companion do after going on land?

2. What did Gaffett and his companion discover after sailing away from the shipwreck?

3. What does the narrator notice about Captain Littlepage's reputation in Dunnet Landing?

4. Why didn't Mrs. Todd marry her first love?

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

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