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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. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, what was Joan's morning ritual as winter approached?
(a) To put a log on the stove and heat water for tea.
(b) To rise early to watch the seagulls.
(c) To take a leisurely shower.
(d) To sleep late and breakfast on oatmeal and toast.

2. When did Nickerson's Fish Market close for the winter?
(a) At Christmas.
(b) At the end of December.
(c) At Thanksgiving.
(d) At the beginning of January.

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

4. Who voided Joan's many mistakes at the fish market cash register?
(a) The market owner.
(b) The market owner's wife.
(c) Joan E.
(d) A female coworker.

5. What did Joan's husband think when Joan made an angel in the snow?
(a) That she would freeze after laying in the cold, wet snow.
(b) That she had changed and become more free.
(c) That she was childish.
(d) That she was funny.

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 statements was not one of Joan's thoughts about the remark that she had everything she wanted?

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

4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?

5. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how many years had passed since Joan's sons had spent Christmas with her?

(see the answer key)

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