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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. What strong women inspired Joan to think that she could find a way to replace her broken appliance?
(a) Her mother, grandmother, and aunt.
(b) Her mother-in-law and daughters-in-law.
(c) Joan Erickson and Hazel.
(d) The wives of the Cape Cod fishermen.

2. Why did Joan and her husband decide to spend Christmas together during their separation year?
(a) They wanted to make a show of unity for their children.
(b) Neither of them wanted to be alone.
(c) They missed each other.
(d) They wanted to make Joan's ailing mother happy.

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

4. On what did men sit while drinking coffee outside the general store?
(a) Wrought iron enches.
(b) Old church pews.
(c) Milk cartons.
(d) Rocking chairs.

5. Who visited Joan on Memorial Day?
(a) Her husband, her sons, and her daughters-in-law.
(b) Her mother-in-law.
(c) Her priest.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What career loss did Joan suffer at the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In?

3. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?

4. Where was the cottage to which Joan wanted to retreat at the beginning of the book?

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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