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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Wild and Salty.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What strong women inspired Joan to think that she could find a way to replace her broken appliance?
(a) Joan Erickson and Hazel.
(b) Her mother, grandmother, and aunt.
(c) The wives of the Cape Cod fishermen.
(d) Her mother-in-law and daughters-in-law.

3. How many pounds of clams did Joshua Cahoon like to dig in a single day?
(a) Fifty pounds.
(b) One hundred pounds.
(c) Twelve pounds.
(d) Three hundred pounds.

4. Approximately how many other runners showed up with Joan to participate in the New Year's Day race?
(a) Eighty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Fifty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan think women looked exhausted as the holidays approached?

2. What did Joan think the task of an unfinished woman was?

3. Who voided Joan's many mistakes at the fish market cash register?

4. Where did Joan and her husband go to work for the Peace Corps in the early days of their marriage?

5. Which of the following is not something for which Joan's writing money paid during her marriage?

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