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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. What lesson did the seals teach Joan?
(a) That she needed to be in the sea more.
(b) That she needed to interact with animals more.
(c) That she needed to live like a child again and enjoy life.
(d) That she needed to swim more.

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

3. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what time do the birds begin chattering in the morning at Joan's cottage?
(a) Four thirty.
(b) Six thirty.
(c) Eight thirty.
(d) Five thirty.

4. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?
(a) A broken bicycle.
(b) An angel statue.
(c) A for sale sign.
(d) A lost puppy.

5. Which of the following items was not something Joan wished she had brought with her to the seal island?
(a) Better food.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) Sunscreen.
(d) Hairspray.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?

2. How long had Joan and her family lived in their big old family house?

3. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?

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

5. What did Joan envy about the seals?

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