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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Joan Erickson tell Joan A. was the only place to find answers about herself?
(a) From her family.
(b) In her own heart.
(c) From her friends.
(d) From her physician.

2. What did Joan tuck into the corners of the boxes of fish she packed at the fish market?
(a) Bluefish paté.
(b) Caviar.
(c) Styrofoam packing.
(d) Oysters.

3. What kind of perfume did Joan wear to greet her husband in the final chapter of the book?
(a) Tea rose and gardenia perfume.
(b) Honeysuckle and lavender perfume.
(c) Lemon-scented perfume.
(d) French perfume.

4. What factors complicated Joan's job for the film crew?
(a) The crew had various dietary preferences.
(b) Joan didn't have many cooking utensils at the cottage.
(c) The crew hated her cooking.
(d) Joan wasn't a skilled cook.

5. At the end of the book, where did Joan's husband ask Joan to take him the next morning?
(a) To visit their sons.
(b) To Yale to reminisce about their first meeting.
(c) To their old home in Nyack.
(d) To the seal island to see the seals.

6. What kind of footwear did Joan wear to the island in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?
(a) Rubber boots.
(b) Tennis shoes.
(c) Sandals.
(d) Flip-flops.

7. What did Joan think the task of an unfinished woman was?
(a) To become finished.
(b) To become artistic.
(c) To acknowledge her life as a work in progress.
(d) To stop living for others.

8. Who advised Joan to dig for clams to earn the money to replace her broken appliance?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Joan Erickson.
(d) Joshua Cahoon.

9. How many pounds of clams did Joshua Cahoon like to dig in a single day?
(a) Fifty pounds.
(b) One hundred pounds.
(c) Three hundred pounds.
(d) Twelve pounds.

10. Who applauded Joan's job of clamming?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Joan's husband.
(c) The fish market owner's wife.
(d) Joan Erickson.

11. What strong women inspired Joan to think that she could find a way to replace her broken appliance?
(a) Joan Erickson and Hazel.
(b) Her mother, grandmother, and aunt.
(c) The wives of the Cape Cod fishermen.
(d) Her mother-in-law and daughters-in-law.

12. What gift did the fish market owner give Joan at the end of the season?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A gift certficate to the local spa.
(c) A swordfish steak.
(d) A gift certificate to a local restaurant.

13. Which of the following statements was not something Joan's husband said when she called to ask him if he could help her pay for the broken appliance?
(a) She had overtaxed the appliance.
(b) She should have been living with him as he had planned.
(c) He could give her the money right away.
(d) She could ask one of her fishermen friends for the money.

14. How long was the film crew on Cape Cod?
(a) One month.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Ten weeks.
(d) Eight days

15. What disappointed Joan about her visit with Joan Erickson's cousin?
(a) She had hoped for a shorter visit.
(b) She didn't learn anything about herself.
(c) She found Joan Erickson's cousin dull.
(d) She had hoped for a longer visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of party did Joan throw for her husband in Chapter 16, Port of Call?

2. As Joan let sand flow through her fingers in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty, what did the sand symbolize to her?

3. What outfit did Joan wear to greet her husband in Chapter 16, Port of Call?

4. What did Joan find workmen doing at her cottage upon her return from the general store?

5. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, what was Joan hired to do for the film crew?

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