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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what time do the birds begin chattering in the morning at Joan's cottage?
(a) Five thirty.
(b) Six thirty.
(c) Four thirty.
(d) Eight thirty.

3. Because Joan entertained their guests at parties while her husband sat quietly in the corner, how did Joan's husband describe himself and his wife?
(a) Joan was an extrovert while he was an introvert.
(b) Joan was champagne while he was plain water.
(c) Joan was a diamond while he was cubic zirconium.
(d) Joan was Technicolor while he was black-and-white.

4. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?
(a) Sell her family's cottage.
(b) Work on a book.
(c) Paint and sell her art work.
(d) Recover from an automobile accident.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Joan's husband think when Joan made an angel in the snow?

4. What activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?

5. Which of the following is not something for which Joan's writing money paid during her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Joan's day with the seals like?

2. Where did Joan and her husband meet, and how did Joan's in-laws feel about the couple's relationship?

3. What was ironic about how Joan felt once her husband drove away from their house on the day they separated?

4. In Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights, why did Joan mentally compare her marriage to several boats which had gotten frozen in place in the harbor?

5. How did Joan fare in the footrace in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet, and what did the race symbolize to her?

6. How did other people respond when they learned Joan was working at a fish market?

7. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how did Joan feel about her sons' plans to spend Christmas with their wives' families instead of with Joan and her husband?

8. What reflections did the seals give Joan on her body image?

9. Why did Joan and her husband decide to separate?

10. How did Joan's personality differ from her husband's?

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