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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 factors complicated Joan's job for the film crew?
(a) The crew had various dietary preferences.
(b) Joan wasn't a skilled cook.
(c) Joan didn't have many cooking utensils at the cottage.
(d) The crew hated her cooking.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 1, Ebb Tide, what did Joan's husband announce?
(a) That he wanted a divorce.
(b) That he had a secret son from a previous romance.
(c) That he had cancer.
(d) That he was taking a job hundreds of miles away.

3. What was Larry's PX?
(a) A restaurant where the local fishermen hung out.
(b) A fishing boat.
(c) A military store.
(d) A school.

4. What did one of the party guests do to Joan's husband's tie?
(a) Threw it into the sea.
(b) Cut it off with a pair of scissors.
(c) Wore it as a headband.
(d) Threw it into the lobster tank.

5. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, what forced Joan to end her solitude?
(a) A procession of visitors to her cottage.
(b) Her mother got ill and needed her.
(c) Her husband got ill and needed her.
(d) Her son's wife was pregnant and needed her help.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Joan's family feel when they learned she had a job digging for clams?

2. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?

3. In Chapter 16, Port of Call, to what did Joan equate Labor Day at the fish market?

4. What kind of footwear did Joan wear to the island in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?

5. Where did Joan Erickson tell Joan A. was the only place to find answers about herself?

(see the answer key)

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