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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 was funny.
(c) That she was childish.
(d) That she had changed and become more free.

3. Who told Joan she had everything she wanted for Christmas?
(a) Her children.
(b) A bearded customer who looked like Santa Claus.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her boss at the fish market.

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

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

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

7. What was Joan Erickson looking into getting instead of a car to transport herself around town?
(a) A golf cart or three-wheel bicycle.
(b) A motorcycle.
(c) A motorized wheelchair.
(d) A skateboard.

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

9. 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) Roman soldiers.
(b) Angels.
(c) Fishermen.
(d) Kings.

10. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?
(a) It was a plastic lobster.
(b) It was sleeping.
(c) It was molting.
(d) It was ill.

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

12. How did the other patrons of Larry's PX respond when Joan entered?
(a) They bought her drinks.
(b) They stood up to greet her.
(c) They forbade her to enter the all-male establishment.
(d) They stopped talking for a few minutes.

13. 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 easy work.
(c) That it would pay Joan well.
(d) That it was men's work.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did Joan get about her house in the city after her return from the seal island?

2. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan think women looked exhausted as the holidays approached?

3. What did Joan envy about the seals?

4. Why did Joan's old book club always end up canceling their December meetings?

5. How did Joan's husband describe the home he lived in while Joan occupied their Cape Cod cottage?

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