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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. Why did Joan and her husband decide to spend Christmas together during their separation year?
(a) Neither of them wanted to be alone.
(b) They missed each other.
(c) They wanted to make Joan's ailing mother happy.
(d) They wanted to make a show of unity for their children.

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

3. What was Joan Erickson looking into getting instead of a car to transport herself around town?
(a) A motorized wheelchair.
(b) A skateboard.
(c) A golf cart or three-wheel bicycle.
(d) A motorcycle.

4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
(a) Her husband walking the dog.
(b) Joshua Cahoon jogging.
(c) The neighborhood children walking to school.
(d) The sunrise.

5. Which of the following is not something Joan woke up to the morning after her husband's arrival for Christmas?
(a) A warm house.
(b) The sound of her husband shoveling snow from the drive.
(c) Christmas carolers at the front door.
(d) A cup of fresh coffee on her bedside table.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Approximately how many other runners showed up with Joan to participate in the New Year's Day race?

3. With what did Joan and her husband decorate their Christmas tree in Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?

4. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?

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

(see the answer key)

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