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

2. Which of the following was not something that Joan achieved in her early twenties?
(a) She worked as a fashion model in New York.
(b) She worked in the African bush.
(c) She attended drama school.
(d) She sold a magazine story.

3. What did Joan envy about the seals?
(a) Their cuteness.
(b) Their warm layer of body fat.
(c) Their swimming skills.
(d) Their home in the ocean.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Joan's husband see his primary role in their marriage?

2. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?

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

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

5. How long was Joan left alone on Seal Island?

(see the answer key)

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