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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Port of Call.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?
(a) She showed her husband she could do new things.
(b) She outran her sister.
(c) She had entered a new phase of her life.
(d) She proved a middle-aged woman could run fast.

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

3. How did Joan's husband describe the home he lived in while Joan occupied their Cape Cod cottage?
(a) An old barn that looked like Ralph Lauren designed it.
(b) A chrome and glass condominium.
(c) A lonely mausoleum.
(d) An overpriced and undersized studio apartment.

4. Who was Hazel?
(a) An old friend of Joan.
(b) Joan's cousin.
(c) Joan's daughter-in-law.
(d) Joshua Cahoon's wife.

5. Who was paying for the work of the men Joan found at her cottage upon her return from the general store?
(a) The fishermen.
(b) Joan's older son and his wife.
(c) Joan.
(d) Joan's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Joan want to enter the New Year's Day race?

2. What things did Joan notice during her bicycle ride in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor?

3. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, what forced Joan to end her solitude?

4. Which of the following was not something Joan took with her to the island of the seals in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?

5. What did the other patrons of Larry's PX talk about during Joan's first visit to the PX?

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