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

2. How did the other patrons of Larry's PX respond when Joan entered?
(a) They forbade her to enter the all-male establishment.
(b) They stopped talking for a few minutes.
(c) They bought her drinks.
(d) They stood up to greet her.

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

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Ebb Tide, what did Joan's husband announce?
(a) That he wanted a divorce.
(b) That he had a secret son from a previous romance.
(c) That he was taking a job hundreds of miles away.
(d) That he had cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items was not something Joan wished she had brought with her to the seal island?

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

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

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

5. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?

(see the answer key)

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