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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Joan meet her new friend, Joan Erickson.?
(a) They met at the fish market.
(b) They met at a party.
(c) They met at a mutual neighbor's home.
(d) They met on the beach while walking in the fog.

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

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

5. What costume Joan did Joan wear for the New Year's Day race?
(a) A Cinderella costume.
(b) A wicked witch costume.
(c) A Little Red Riding Hood costume.
(d) A mermaid costume.

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

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

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

9. What did Joan's neighbor think of Joan's job at the fish market?
(a) That it was work Joan would love.
(b) That it was men's work.
(c) That it was easy work.
(d) That it would pay Joan well.

10. Where did Joan and her husband meet?
(a) Penn State.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

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

12. 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) Christmas carolers at the front door.
(c) The sound of her husband shoveling snow from the drive.
(d) A cup of fresh coffee on her bedside table.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Joan instructed to bring for her trip to the seal island?

2. How long was the town's New Year's Day race?

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

4. What made Joan miss her sons at the end of Chapter 5, Water Therapy?

5. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?

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