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

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

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

4. What was the dress code at the fish market?
(a) White pants and black tee-shirts.
(b) Jeans or khaki pants with a tucked-in navy blue top.
(c) Brown pants and red sweaters.
(d) Black tee-shirts and overalls.

5. In Chapter 3, Seal Sense Analysis, who gave Joan some clams he had dug up?
(a) The local pastor.
(b) Joshua Cahoon.
(c) Her younger son.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?

2. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?

3. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?

4. How many Christmas cards did Joan send during her year alone at the cottage?

5. In what town did Joan and her husband live?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Riptide, how did Joan relate the state of her marriage to a riptide?

2. What incident told Joan that the other workers at the fish market had accepted her?

3. What did Joan think of the wealthy wives who came into the fish market and ordered expensive fish?

4. What was Larry's PX and how did the men who congregated there respond to Joan's presence?

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

6. How did Joan's winter days and nights with her husband and children compare to her winter on Cape Cod?

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

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

9. Who was Joan Erikson and how did Joan meet her?

10. 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?

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