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

2. How many races had Joan run prior to the New Year's Day race?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) None.

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

4. In what town did Joan and her husband live?
(a) Louisville.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Nyack.

5. What career loss did Joan suffer at the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In?
(a) Her collaborator moved & ended their collaboration.
(b) Her agent retired, leaving her agentless.
(c) Her publisher went out of business.
(d) Her editor quit & the new editor hated Joan's writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?

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

3. How long was the town's New Year's Day race?

4. What action made the clams spit, i.e. make holes in the sand that revealed where they were?

5. What did Joan's father-in-law do for a living?

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