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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. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?
(a) Walking her dog.
(b) Picking her daughter up from school.
(c) Going to the laundromat.
(d) Going to the post office.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?

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

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

4. Once Joan's husband left in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide, how did Joan react?

5. Where was the cottage to which Joan wanted to retreat at the beginning of the book?

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