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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 actions was not something Joan did prior to her husband's arrival for Christmas at the beginning of Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?
(a) Lit kerosene lanters and candles.
(b) Built a snowman.
(c) Cooked the family's traditional holiday food.
(d) Nailed a homemade wreath onto a tree.

2. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?
(a) A boarding school in England.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) His grandparents' home in Kentucky.
(d) An Episcopalian boarding school.

3. What career loss did Joan suffer at the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In?
(a) Her editor quit & the new editor hated Joan's writing.
(b) Her agent retired, leaving her agentless.
(c) Her publisher went out of business.
(d) Her collaborator moved & ended their collaboration.

4. What wall decoration from New Mexico made Joan think she was at a crossroads in her life?
(a) A clock.
(b) A painting of a crossroads.
(c) A cross made of mesquite wood.
(d) A painting of an Indian village.

5. Who honked her horn and flashed her lights and encouraged an exhausted Joan to continue the race when Joan was about to quit?
(a) A lady cop.
(b) Joan Erickson.
(c) Hazel.
(d) The fish market owner's wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Once Joan's husband left in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide, how did Joan react?

3. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?

4. What made Joan miss her sons at the end of Chapter 5, Water Therapy?

5. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ebb tide and how did Joan relate the concept of ebb tide to her own life?

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 9, Fogged In, how did Joan become estranged from her brother?

4. How much did Joan tell the townspeople in Cape Cod about her reasons for being in town?

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

6. In Chapter 9, Fogged In, how did Joan compare women to fog?

7. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan get angry at the fish market customer who looked like Santa Claus?

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

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

10. What was Joan's husband's childhood like, and how did his childhood experiences affect the couple's marriage?

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