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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Joan think her role in her marriage would be?
(a) Nurturer and caregiver.
(b) Pampered housewife.
(c) The breadwinner.
(d) An equal partner.

2. Because Joan entertained their guests at parties while her husband sat quietly in the corner, how did Joan's husband describe himself and his wife?
(a) Joan was champagne while he was plain water.
(b) Joan was an extrovert while he was an introvert.
(c) Joan was Technicolor while he was black-and-white.
(d) Joan was a diamond while he was cubic zirconium.

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

4. What did Joan's father-in-law do for a living?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a plumber.
(c) He was a doctor.
(d) He was a comedian.

5. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?
(a) They were grown.
(b) Three and ten.
(c) Six and twelve.
(d) They were infants.

6. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?
(a) The book she was writing.
(b) Her life and herself.
(c) The cottage.
(d) Nature.

7. What did Joan's husband think when Joan made an angel in the snow?
(a) That she was childish.
(b) That she would freeze after laying in the cold, wet snow.
(c) That she was funny.
(d) That she had changed and become more free.

8. What color was the inside of Nickerson's Fish Market painted?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Orange and green.
(d) White.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?
(a) A one-mile walk.
(b) A four-mile walk.
(c) A half-mile walk.
(d) A two-mile walk.

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

11. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?
(a) They swam alongside her.
(b) They attacked her.
(c) They ignored her.
(d) They swam away from her.

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

13. What news did Joan get about her house in the city after her return from the seal island?
(a) It had been sold.
(b) It had been painted.
(c) It had been damaged in a fire.
(d) It had been vandalized.

14. Where was the cottage to which Joan wanted to retreat at the beginning of the book?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Martha's Vineyard.
(c) Key Biscayne.
(d) Nantucket.

15. What did Joan envy about the seals?
(a) Their warm layer of body fat.
(b) Their cuteness.
(c) Their home in the ocean.
(d) Their swimming skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?

2. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?

3. Who called Joan the evening after she returned from the seal island?

4. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?

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

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