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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, Seal Sense Analysis, who gave Joan some clams he had dug up?
(a) Joshua Cahoon.
(b) Her younger son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The local pastor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?

2. Which of the following is not something for which Joan's writing money paid during her marriage?

3. What did Joan's husband think when Joan made an angel in the snow?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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