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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Safe Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Joan meet Joshua Cahoon?
(a) He sat next to her at Larry's PX.
(b) He was her editor.
(c) He was her neighbor on Cape Cod.
(d) He worked with her husband.

2. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, who came to Cape Cod to shoot a film?
(a) Joan's older son.
(b) A famous Hollywood producer.
(c) Hazel.
(d) Joan's nephew.

3. What lesson did the seals teach Joan?
(a) That she needed to interact with animals more.
(b) That she needed to be in the sea more.
(c) That she needed to live like a child again and enjoy life.
(d) That she needed to swim more.

4. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?
(a) Work on a book.
(b) Paint and sell her art work.
(c) Sell her family's cottage.
(d) Recover from an automobile accident.

5. While walking with Joan Erickson in Chapter 10, Seal Woman, what animal did Joan see staring into a puddle?
(a) A red fox.
(b) A brown bear.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A beaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factors complicated Joan's first day of clamming?

2. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?

3. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?

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

5. How many Christmas cards did Joan send during her year alone at the cottage?

(see the answer key)

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