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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 ill.
(b) It was a plastic lobster.
(c) It was sleeping.
(d) It was molting.

2. What gift did Joan receive from her daughter-in-law on Memorial Day?
(a) A book of poems.
(b) A hand--painted sign that said "Tradition".
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A necklace.

3. From whom did Joan get the wobbly kitchen table in the cottage?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Joshua Cahoon.

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

5. Why did Joan want to enter the New Year's Day race?
(a) She wanted to prove she was still fast at her age.
(b) She ran with her new neighbors and coworkers.
(c) She ran for charity.
(d) She had neglected her body and wanted to be more fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan's husband think when Joan made an angel in the snow?

2. Why did Joan have trouble finding something to wear to the fish market's Christmas party?

3. What did Hazel cook Joan for breakfast?

4. How long was Joan left alone on Seal Island?

5. In Chapter 12, Low Tide, what appliance in Joan's cottage broke?

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