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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. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?
(a) That it was a sham and she was not truly married.
(b) That she and her husband were separated.
(c) That she was married to a man who had been in prison.
(d) That she was married to a much younger man.

2. How many children did Joan and her husband have?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?
(a) Biking.
(b) Golf.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Skiing.

4. What was Larry's PX?
(a) A fishing boat.
(b) A military store.
(c) A school.
(d) A restaurant where the local fishermen hung out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Joan's relatives got multiple scholarship offers from Ivy League colleges?

2. In Chapter 4, Riptide, which of the following was not a task Joan had to do in her job at Nickerson's Fish Market?

3. Where was the cottage to which Joan wanted to retreat at the beginning of the book?

4. What did the other patrons of Larry's PX talk about during Joan's first visit to the PX?

5. What is ebb tide?

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