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

2. How did Joan Erickson keep herself strong and healthy?
(a) She swam a lot.
(b) She took vitamins every day.
(c) She walked a couple of miles every day.
(d) She was a vegetarian.

3. What news did Joan get about her house in the city after her return from the seal island?
(a) It had been sold.
(b) It had been damaged in a fire.
(c) It had been painted.
(d) It had been vandalized.

4. How did Joan meet her new friend, Joan Erickson.?
(a) They met on the beach while walking in the fog.
(b) They met at a party.
(c) They met at a mutual neighbor's home.
(d) They met at the fish market.

5. Who was Joan Erickson's late husband?
(a) Actor Denholm Elliott.
(b) Famed psychoanalyst Erik Erikson.
(c) Scientist Albert Einstein.
(d) Actor Buddy Ebson.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What factors complicated Joan's job for the film crew?

4. What term had Joan Erickson's late husband coined?

5. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what time do the birds begin chattering in the morning at Joan's cottage?

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