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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson did the seals teach Joan?
(a) That she needed to swim more.
(b) That she needed to interact with animals more.
(c) That she needed to live like a child again and enjoy life.
(d) That she needed to be in the sea more.

2. Which of Joan's relatives got multiple scholarship offers from Ivy League colleges?
(a) Her cousin.
(b) Her older brother.
(c) Her youngest son.
(d) Her oldest son.

3. Why did Joan want to enter the New Year's Day race?
(a) She ran with her new neighbors and coworkers.
(b) She had neglected her body and wanted to be more fit.
(c) She wanted to prove she was still fast at her age.
(d) She ran for charity.

4. How did Joan's husband see his primary role in their marriage?
(a) As Joan's protector.
(b) As breadwinner.
(c) As an equal partner.
(d) As the victim of Joan's nagging.

5. Who did Joan ask to take her in his boat to the seal island?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her oldest son.
(c) The fish market owner.
(d) Joshua Cahoon.

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

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

8. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?
(a) Going to the post office.
(b) Going to the laundromat.
(c) Walking her dog.
(d) Picking her daughter up from school.

9. Which of the following items was not something Joan brought with her when she visited the seal island?
(a) Peanut butter.
(b) A stale bagel.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A sweater.

10. How did Joan Erickson keep herself strong and healthy?
(a) She took vitamins every day.
(b) She swam a lot.
(c) She was a vegetarian.
(d) She walked a couple of miles every day.

11. 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) Kings.
(c) Roman soldiers.
(d) Angels.

12. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?
(a) She was a writer.
(b) She was free while they had to live by their husbands' rules.
(c) Her children were grown.
(d) She was useful in a job, unlike them.

13. What made Joan miss her sons at the end of Chapter 5, Water Therapy?
(a) A football game that reminded her of her son's school days.
(b) An approaching holiday.
(c) A phone call from her youngest son.
(d) The young men who work at the fish market.

14. What was the dress code at the fish market?
(a) Brown pants and red sweaters.
(b) Black tee-shirts and overalls.
(c) White pants and black tee-shirts.
(d) Jeans or khaki pants with a tucked-in navy blue top.

15. How many Christmas cards did Joan send during her year alone at the cottage?
(a) Six.
(b) None.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Three dozen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many races had Joan run prior to the New Year's Day race?

2. When Joan's father died, which relative angered Joan by not attending his funeral?

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

4. What did Joan think her role in her marriage would be?

5. What did studying her old photos reveal to Joan about herself?

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