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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What snack did the bartender put out without charge for Joan's party for her husband?
(a) A cheese ball and crackers.
(b) Tortilla chips and salsa.
(c) A tray of veggies and dip.
(d) Mixed nuts.

2. In Chapter 12, Low Tide, what appliance in Joan's cottage broke?
(a) The dishwasher.
(b) The refrigerator.
(c) The washing machine.
(d) The hot water heater.

3. What outfit did Joan wear to greet her husband in Chapter 16, Port of Call?
(a) A tailored gray wool suit and black boots.
(b) A red evening gown and heels.
(c) A bathing suit and towel.
(d) Jeans and a black linen blazer.

4. 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 the seal island to see the seals.
(d) To their old home in Nyack.

5. How much did a license for clamming cost Joan?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Eighty dollars.

6. In Chapter 16, Port of Call, to what did Joan equate Labor Day at the fish market?
(a) Grand Central Station at rush hour.
(b) Dulles Airport at Christmas.
(c) The New York Stock Exchange.
(d) A quiet funeral.

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

8. How did Joan think the seals had influenced her life?
(a) By setting her onto a different path.
(b) By making her become a vegetarian.
(c) By helping her swim more.
(d) By giving her a new book idea.

9. What did Hazel cook Joan for breakfast?
(a) Blueberry pancakes.
(b) Scrambled eggs and bacon.
(c) Oatmeal and buttered toast.
(d) An omelet.

10. How many buckets of clams did Joan set as her goal for her first day of clamming?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

11. Which of the following people were not guests Joan invited to her husband's party?
(a) Joan Erikson and Josh Cahoon.
(b) Her sons and their wives.
(c) A female photographer and the plumber and his wife.
(d) The postmistress and the fish market employees.

12. What beverage did Joan buy at the general store?
(a) Iced tea.
(b) A diet cola.
(c) Bottled water.
(d) Lemonade.

13. What did Hazel do for a living?
(a) She was an attorney.
(b) She was an accountant.
(c) She was an ophthalmologist.
(d) She was a pediatrician.

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

15. Who was Joan Erickson's late husband?
(a) Actor Buddy Ebson.
(b) Famed psychoanalyst Erik Erikson.
(c) Scientist Albert Einstein.
(d) Actor Denholm Elliott.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Joan Erickson tell Joan A. was the only place to find answers about herself?

3. What action made the clams spit, i.e. make holes in the sand that revealed where they were?

4. What was Hazel's marital state?

5. How did Joan pay for her husband's party?

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