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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?
(a) An Episcopalian boarding school.
(b) A boarding school in England.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) His grandparents' home in Kentucky.

3. 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 book club members left town for the holidays.
(c) Winter weather made travel too hazardous.
(d) The women were involved in the church's holiday play.

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

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

6. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?
(a) She proved a middle-aged woman could run fast.
(b) She outran her sister.
(c) She had entered a new phase of her life.
(d) She showed her husband she could do new things.

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

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

9. How long was the town's New Year's Day race?
(a) Fifty yards.
(b) One mile.
(c) Two miles.
(d) Five miles.

10. How soon before Christmas was Joan's husband scheduled to arrive at the cottage?
(a) Two days.
(b) One day.
(c) He was not coming.
(d) One week.

11. 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 laundromat.
(b) Picking her daughter up from school.
(c) Walking her dog.
(d) Going to the post office.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what town did Joan and her husband live?

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

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

5. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?

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