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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, and Chapter 3, Seal Sense.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long had Joan and her family lived in their big old family house?
(a) Seventeen years.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Two months.

2. What is ebb tide?
(a) The time when the tide falls.
(b) The intermediate time when the tide neither rises nor falls.
(c) The time when the tide rises.
(d) The time when it floods.

3. How did the other patrons of Larry's PX respond when Joan entered?
(a) They stood up to greet her.
(b) They stopped talking for a few minutes.
(c) They forbade her to enter the all-male establishment.
(d) They bought her drinks.

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

5. What was Joan instructed to bring for her trip to the seal island?
(a) A bathing suit and sunscreen.
(b) A blanket, coat and gloves.
(c) A camera.
(d) Warm clothes and a sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who called Joan the evening after she returned from the seal island?

3. What lesson did the seals teach Joan?

4. What was Larry's PX?

5. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what time do the birds begin chattering in the morning at Joan's cottage?

(see the answer key)

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