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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, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
(a) Joshua Cahoon jogging.
(b) The neighborhood children walking to school.
(c) The sunrise.
(d) Her husband walking the dog.

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

3. Who did Joan ask to take her in his boat to the seal island?
(a) Joshua Cahoon.
(b) Her husband.
(c) The fish market owner.
(d) Her oldest son.

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

5. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how many years had passed since Joan's sons had spent Christmas with her?
(a) Five.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. How many children did Joan and her husband have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

13. 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.

14. What was Larry's PX?
(a) A school.
(b) A restaurant where the local fishermen hung out.
(c) A fishing boat.
(d) A military store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?

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

3. What was Joan Erickson looking into getting instead of a car to transport herself around town?

4. What did Joan's neighbor think of Joan's job at the fish market?

5. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?

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