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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. Who called Joan the evening after she returned from the seal island?
(a) Joshua Cahoon.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her sister.

2. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?
(a) She was useful in a job, unlike them.
(b) She was a writer.
(c) Her children were grown.
(d) She was free while they had to live by their husbands' rules.

3. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?
(a) Nature.
(b) The cottage.
(c) Her life and herself.
(d) The book she was writing.

4. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?
(a) A musical family.
(b) An artistic family.
(c) A diabetic family.
(d) An alcoholic family.

5. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?
(a) Work on a book.
(b) Sell her family's cottage.
(c) Paint and sell her art work.
(d) Recover from an automobile accident.

Short Answer 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?

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

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

4. How long had Joan and her family lived in their big old family house?

5. What is ebb tide?

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