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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) Sell her family's cottage.
(b) Recover from an automobile accident.
(c) Paint and sell her art work.
(d) Work on a book.

2. Which of the following is not something for which Joan's writing money paid during her marriage?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Most of the family's extras.
(c) Her children's education.
(d) The mortgage.

3. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan think women looked exhausted as the holidays approached?
(a) There was a flu epidemic and everyone had the flu.
(b) They had too much shopping to do.
(c) They were trying to please everyone.
(d) They had too many parties to plan.

4. Which of Joan's relatives got multiple scholarship offers from Ivy League colleges?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her oldest son.
(c) Her older brother.
(d) Her youngest son.

5. 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) Cooked the family's traditional holiday food.
(b) Nailed a homemade wreath onto a tree.
(c) Lit kerosene lanters and candles.
(d) Built a snowman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town did Joan and her husband live?

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

3. Why did Joan and her husband decide to spend Christmas together during their separation year?

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

5. What activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?

(see the answer key)

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