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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. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?
(a) It was a plastic lobster.
(b) It was molting.
(c) It was sleeping.
(d) It was ill.

2. How did Joan's husband see his primary role in their marriage?
(a) As breadwinner.
(b) As the victim of Joan's nagging.
(c) As Joan's protector.
(d) As an equal partner.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Nickerson's Fish Market close for the winter?

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

3. Where did Joan and her husband go to work for the Peace Corps in the early days of their marriage?

4. What made Joan miss her sons at the end of Chapter 5, Water Therapy?

5. What is ebb tide?

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