1. What was Joan Erickson looking into getting instead of a car to transport herself around town?
(a) A skateboard.
(b) A golf cart or three-wheel bicycle.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A motorized wheelchair.

2. Why did Joan have trouble finding something to wear to the fish market's Christmas party?
(a) She had gained weight and her clothes no longer fit her.
(b) She had brought only jeans to Cape Code.
(c) She didn't have money for a party outfit.
(d) There were no clothing stores in the town.

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

4. What did the other patrons of Larry's PX talk about during Joan's first visit to the PX?
(a) A local murder.
(b) The seals in the harbor.
(c) The bad economy for fishing that year.
(d) Joan's separation from her husband.

5. Who hauled and chopped wood for Joan during her stay at the cottage?
(a) The fish market owner.
(b) Joshua Cahoon.
(c) Joan's husband.
(d) Joan.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the church Christmas pageant that Joan and her husband attended n Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights, what were the children dressed as instead of shepherds?

2. How long was the town's New Year's Day race?

3. What lesson did the seals teach Joan?

4. Which of the following is not something Joan woke up to the morning after her husband's arrival for Christmas?

5. Which of the following was not something that Joan achieved in her early twenties?

(see the answer key)

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