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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?
(a) That she was married to a man who had been in prison.
(b) That she and her husband were separated.
(c) That she was married to a much younger man.
(d) That it was a sham and she was not truly married.

2. Why did Joan's old book club always end up canceling their December meetings?
(a) The women had no time to read during the holidays.
(b) The women were involved in the church's holiday play.
(c) The book club members left town for the holidays.
(d) Winter weather made travel too hazardous.

3. Which of the following is not something Joan woke up to the morning after her husband's arrival for Christmas?
(a) Christmas carolers at the front door.
(b) A cup of fresh coffee on her bedside table.
(c) The sound of her husband shoveling snow from the drive.
(d) A warm house.

4. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?
(a) A diabetic family.
(b) A musical family.
(c) An artistic family.
(d) An alcoholic family.

5. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?
(a) She had taxes to pay.
(b) She didn't want to ask her husband for money.
(c) She wanted to feel like a local woman.
(d) She wanted to work with Joshua Cahoon.

6. When Joan's father died, which relative angered Joan by not attending his funeral?
(a) Joan's older son.
(b) Joan's husband.
(c) Joan's younger son.
(d) Joan's brother.

7. Who voided Joan's many mistakes at the fish market cash register?
(a) The market owner.
(b) A female coworker.
(c) Joan E.
(d) The market owner's wife.

8. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?
(a) It was molting.
(b) It was ill.
(c) It was sleeping.
(d) It was a plastic lobster.

9. How did the other patrons of Larry's PX respond when Joan entered?
(a) They stopped talking for a few minutes.
(b) They bought her drinks.
(c) They forbade her to enter the all-male establishment.
(d) They stood up to greet her.

10. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?
(a) A for sale sign.
(b) An angel statue.
(c) A lost puppy.
(d) A broken bicycle.

11. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how many years had passed since Joan's sons had spent Christmas with her?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

12. Which of the following items was not something Joan wished she had brought with her to the seal island?
(a) Better food.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) Sunscreen.
(d) Hairspray.

13. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what time do the birds begin chattering in the morning at Joan's cottage?
(a) Four thirty.
(b) Five thirty.
(c) Eight thirty.
(d) Six thirty.

14. Who honked her horn and flashed her lights and encouraged an exhausted Joan to continue the race when Joan was about to quit?
(a) Joan Erickson.
(b) The fish market owner's wife.
(c) A lady cop.
(d) Hazel.

15. At the church Christmas pageant that Joan and her husband attended n Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights, what were the children dressed as instead of shepherds?
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Angels.
(c) Roman soldiers.
(d) Kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?

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

3. Where would Joan go before she went to meetings with editors?

4. Which of the following is not something for which Joan's writing money paid during her marriage?

5. What wall decoration from New Mexico made Joan think she was at a crossroads in her life?

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