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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 things did Joan notice during her bicycle ride in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor?
(a) The sights and scents of nature.
(b) The friendliness of everyone she met.
(c) The number of tourists at Cape Cod.
(d) The traffic in the town.

2. How old was Joan Erickson when Joan met her?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Ninety-two.
(d) Sixty-three.

3. How did Joan define menopause?
(a) Middle age.
(b) Absence of childbearing.
(c) Old age.
(d) A pause from men.

4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
(a) The neighborhood children walking to school.
(b) Joshua Cahoon jogging.
(c) Her husband walking the dog.
(d) The sunrise.

5. Where did Joan and her husband go to work for the Peace Corps in the early days of their marriage?
(a) Africa.
(b) Brazil.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?

2. What kind of car did Joan's oldest son own?

3. What beverage did Joan buy at the general store?

4. What number did Joan wear in the town's New Year's Day race in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet?

5. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?

(see the answer key)

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