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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 career loss did Joan suffer at the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In?
(a) Her agent retired, leaving her agentless.
(b) Her editor quit & the new editor hated Joan's writing.
(c) Her publisher went out of business.
(d) Her collaborator moved & ended their collaboration.

2. What number did Joan wear in the town's New Year's Day race in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet?
(a) Fifty-two.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Seventy-six.

3. How long was the town's New Year's Day race?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Fifty yards.
(c) Five miles.
(d) One mile.

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 a writer.
(b) Her children were grown.
(c) She was free while they had to live by their husbands' rules.
(d) She was useful in a job, unlike them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what did men sit while drinking coffee outside the general store?

2. What was the dress code at the fish market?

3. What things did Joan notice during her bicycle ride in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor?

4. How did Joan Erickson keep herself strong and healthy?

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

(see the answer key)

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