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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, and Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following actions was not something Joan did prior to her husband's arrival for Christmas at the beginning of Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?
(a) Lit kerosene lanters and candles.
(b) Cooked the family's traditional holiday food.
(c) Built a snowman.
(d) Nailed a homemade wreath onto a tree.

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

3. How long was Joan left alone on Seal Island?
(a) Overnight.
(b) Eight hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One week.

4. Where did Joan and her husband go to work for the Peace Corps in the early days of their marriage?
(a) India.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Africa.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How soon before Christmas was Joan's husband scheduled to arrive at the cottage?

3. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?

4. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?

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

(see the answer key)

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