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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 Joan meet Joshua Cahoon?
(a) He was her editor.
(b) He was her neighbor on Cape Cod.
(c) He worked with her husband.
(d) He sat next to her at Larry's PX.

2. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?
(a) An Episcopalian boarding school.
(b) A boarding school in England.
(c) His grandparents' home in Kentucky.
(d) An orphanage.

3. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?
(a) They were grown.
(b) Six and twelve.
(c) Three and ten.
(d) They were infants.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what town did Joan and her husband live?

3. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?

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

5. What is ebb tide?

(see the answer key)

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