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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Low Tide, and Chapter 13, Treading Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what time do the birds begin chattering in the morning at Joan's cottage?
(a) Four thirty.
(b) Eight thirty.
(c) Six thirty.
(d) Five thirty.

2. 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) Work on a book.
(d) Paint and sell her art work.

3. What was Joan instructed to bring for her trip to the seal island?
(a) A bathing suit and sunscreen.
(b) Warm clothes and a sandwich.
(c) A blanket, coat and gloves.
(d) A camera.

4. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, what was Joan hired to do for the film crew?
(a) Type.
(b) Drive.
(c) Cook.
(d) Iron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Joan's husband describe the home he lived in while Joan occupied their Cape Cod cottage?

2. Where would Joan go before she went to meetings with editors?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, what was Joan's morning ritual as winter approached?

4. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?

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

(see the answer key)

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