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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Riptide, and Chapter 5, Water Therapy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Joan's neighbor think of Joan's job at the fish market?
(a) That it was work Joan would love.
(b) That it was easy work.
(c) That it would pay Joan well.
(d) That it was men's work.

4. What made Joan miss her sons at the end of Chapter 5, Water Therapy?
(a) A phone call from her youngest son.
(b) A football game that reminded her of her son's school days.
(c) The young men who work at the fish market.
(d) An approaching holiday.

5. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, who invites Joan to have a glass of wine and talk?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Joshua Cahoon.
(c) Joan Erickson.
(d) Her coworkers at the fish market.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Riptide, which of the following was not a task Joan had to do in her job at Nickerson's Fish Market?

2. In Chapter 3, Seal Sense Analysis, who gave Joan some clams he had dug up?

3. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?

4. Which of Joan's relatives got multiple scholarship offers from Ivy League colleges?

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

(see the answer key)

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