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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Riptide, and Chapter 5, Water Therapy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A boarding school in England.
(c) An Episcopalian boarding school.
(d) His grandparents' home in Kentucky.

2. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?
(a) Going to the post office.
(b) Picking her daughter up from school.
(c) Going to the laundromat.
(d) Walking her dog.

3. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?
(a) A broken bicycle.
(b) A lost puppy.
(c) A for sale sign.
(d) An angel statue.

4. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?
(a) Work on a book.
(b) Paint and sell her art work.
(c) Recover from an automobile accident.
(d) Sell her family's cottage.

5. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?
(a) They were infants.
(b) Three and ten.
(c) They were grown.
(d) Six and twelve.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?

4. How many children did Joan and her husband have?

5. What did Joan think her role in her marriage would be?

(see the answer key)

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