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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Seal Woman, and Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many races had Joan run prior to the New Year's Day race?
(a) Eight.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Five.
(d) None.

2. What did Joan Erickson's cousin do for a living?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a chef.
(c) He was a psychoanalyst.
(d) He was a soldier.

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

4. When Joan's father died, which relative angered Joan by not attending his funeral?
(a) Joan's husband.
(b) Joan's older son.
(c) Joan's brother.
(d) Joan's younger son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Joan Erickson's late husband?

2. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?

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

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

5. How did Joan meet Joshua Cahoon?

(see the answer key)

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