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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Safe Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joan conclude while visiting the general store?
(a) That she wanted to stay in Cape Cod.
(b) That she wanted to move to Europe.
(c) That she wanted to have another baby.
(d) That she wanted to divorce her husband.

2. Under what conditions did Joan decide she could let her husband return home?
(a) If they collaborated & it wasn't just a matter of convenience.
(b) If he begged her forgiveness for his past selfishness.
(c) If he agreed to let her remain at Cape Cod.
(d) If he quit his job.

3. What did Joan find workmen doing at her cottage upon her return from the general store?
(a) Putting up a new picket fence.
(b) Replacing her garage door.
(c) Painting her house.
(d) Repairing her roof.

4. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?
(a) She was useful in a job, unlike them.
(b) She was free while they had to live by their husbands' rules.
(c) She was a writer.
(d) Her children were grown.

5. In Chapter 4, Riptide, which of the following was not a task Joan had to do in her job at Nickerson's Fish Market?
(a) Dealing with customers.
(b) Hauling and weighing fish.
(c) Catching fish.
(d) Climbing up to the lobster tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?

2. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?

3. Approximately how many other runners showed up with Joan to participate in the New Year's Day race?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?

5. What did studying her old photos reveal to Joan about herself?

(see the answer key)

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