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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. Which of the following was not something Joan took with her to the island of the seals in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?
(a) Food and water.
(b) A tent.
(c) A radio.
(d) A sleeping bag and backpack.

2. Where was the cottage to which Joan wanted to retreat at the beginning of the book?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Martha's Vineyard.
(c) Key Biscayne.
(d) Nantucket.

3. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?
(a) They attacked her.
(b) They ignored her.
(c) They swam away from her.
(d) They swam alongside her.

4. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, who came to Cape Cod to shoot a film?
(a) Joan's older son.
(b) A famous Hollywood producer.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Joan's nephew.

5. Why did Joan want to be alone on the seal island in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?
(a) To contemplate the future of her marriage.
(b) To decide if she wanted to marry Joshua Cahoon.
(c) To grieve for her dead father.
(d) To conduct research for a book on seals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Joan Erickson keep herself strong and healthy?

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 was Larry's PX?

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

5. What did the sign in front of the Methodist Church make Joan wonder about herself?

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