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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet, and Chapter 9, Fogged In.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Joan Erickson when Joan met her?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Ninety-two.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Sixty-three.

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

3. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how many years had passed since Joan's sons had spent Christmas with her?
(a) Eight.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, which of the following was not a task Joan had to do in her job at Nickerson's Fish Market?
(a) Climbing up to the lobster tanks.
(b) Hauling and weighing fish.
(c) Dealing with customers.
(d) Catching fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Joan instructed to bring for her trip to the seal island?

2. Who called Joan the evening after she returned from the seal island?

3. Who hauled and chopped wood for Joan during her stay at the cottage?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?

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

(see the answer key)

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