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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 activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Biking.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Golf.

2. Approximately how many other runners showed up with Joan to participate in the New Year's Day race?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Fifty.

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

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

5. How long had Joan and her family lived in their big old family house?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?

2. During her bicycle ride, what words did Joan see on a sign in front of the Methodist Church?

3. How many children did Joan and her husband have?

4. How did Joan's husband describe the home he lived in while Joan occupied their Cape Cod cottage?

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

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