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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion did Gaffett draw from his experience?
(a) Luck is the only thing that can keep you alive.
(b) You can only trust yourself.
(c) The people were hermits.
(d) The people were ghosts waiting for passage to another life.

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

3. What did Mrs. Begg dislike about life at Dunnet Landing?
(a) The constant sound of the sea.
(b) The people lived too far apart.
(c) The tight-knit community.
(d) The salty smell of the ocean.

4. What piece of information does Mrs. Todd reveal to the narrator?
(a) That she truly loved someone else.
(b) That she is in love with Captain Littlepage.
(c) That she never loved her husband.
(d) That her husband never truly loved her.

5. What did Gaffett and his companion discover after sailing away from the shipwreck?
(a) An island.
(b) The ship's cargo.
(c) More suvivors.
(d) A town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?

2. Where does the narrator go to write in Chapter 1?

3. How does the narrator feel about Mrs. Fosdick once she meets her?

4. How old is Mrs. Blackett?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Todd's personal characteristics.

2. Why does the narrator decide to rent the schoolhouse?

3. Describe Joanna's island as the narrator sees it.

4. What does Mrs. Todd say about Elijah and about fishermen in general at the end of Chapter 20?

5. Describe the scenery at the Bowden family's feast.

6. What is the narrator's first impression of Captain Littlepage when he arrives at the schoolhouse?

7. Explain what Gaffett does while shipwrecked off the coast of Greenland. Focus on his activities.

8. What does the narrator learn about Sant Bowden from bits of others' conversations?

9. Mrs. Fosdick seems to have a special role in the community. What is her role? Explain.

10. What does Mrs. Todd do within the community?

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