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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following actions was not something Joan did prior to her husband's arrival for Christmas at the beginning of Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?
(a) Cooked the family's traditional holiday food.
(b) Built a snowman.
(c) Lit kerosene lanters and candles.
(d) Nailed a homemade wreath onto a tree.

4. What wall decoration from New Mexico made Joan think she was at a crossroads in her life?
(a) A clock.
(b) A painting of a crossroads.
(c) A painting of an Indian village.
(d) A cross made of mesquite wood.

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

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

7. What did studying her old photos reveal to Joan about herself?
(a) That she had been a lonely, homely child.
(b) That she fit in by being what others wanted her to be.
(c) That she didn't look like her other relatives.
(d) That she longed for a close family again.

8. How old was Joan Erickson when Joan met her?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Sixty-three.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Ninety-two.

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

10. Which of the following was not something that Joan achieved in her early twenties?
(a) She worked as a fashion model in New York.
(b) She attended drama school.
(c) She sold a magazine story.
(d) She worked in the African bush.

11. How did Joan meet Joshua Cahoon?
(a) He sat next to her at Larry's PX.
(b) He worked with her husband.
(c) He was her editor.
(d) He was her neighbor on Cape Cod.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, what was Joan's morning ritual as winter approached?
(a) To take a leisurely shower.
(b) To put a log on the stove and heat water for tea.
(c) To sleep late and breakfast on oatmeal and toast.
(d) To rise early to watch the seagulls.

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

14. In what town did Joan and her husband live?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Nyack.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Los Angeles.

15. Which of the following is not something for which Joan's writing money paid during her marriage?
(a) Her children's education.
(b) Most of the family's extras.
(c) The mortgage.
(d) Taxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items was not something Joan wished she had brought with her to the seal island?

2. What activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?

3. Which of the following statements was not one of Joan's thoughts about the remark that she had everything she wanted?

4. What number did Joan wear in the town's New Year's Day race in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet?

5. From whom did Joan get the wobbly kitchen table in the cottage?

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