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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses the narrator upon arriving?
(a) The many carriages.
(b) The young men's gentlemanly manners.
(c) The size of the house.
(d) The size of the family.

2. How is Captain Littlepage dressed?
(a) Sloppily.
(b) Elegantly.
(c) Plainly.
(d) Like an old sea captain.

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

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

5. What conclusion about the Captain's beliefs can be drawn from his conversation with the narrator?
(a) He tends to believe in life after death.
(b) He believes that seafaring is dangerous.
(c) He tends not to believe in life after death.
(d) He believes that sailors cannot be trusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Bowdens do after dinner?

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

3. Who becomes nostalgic knowing that this event won't happen again for another year?

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

5. What happens at the last minute before Joanna's wedding?

(see the answer key)

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