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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. How did Joan meet her new friend, Joan Erickson.?
(a) They met at a mutual neighbor's home.
(b) They met on the beach while walking in the fog.
(c) They met at a party.
(d) They met at the fish market.

2. What number did Joan wear in the town's New Year's Day race in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet?
(a) Seventy-six.
(b) Fifty-two.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Thirteen.

3. Where would Joan go before she went to meetings with editors?
(a) Larry's PX.
(b) Her oldest son's house.
(c) Church.
(d) A local bar.

4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) Her husband walking the dog.
(c) The neighborhood children walking to school.
(d) Joshua Cahoon jogging.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the seals respond when Joan dove into the ocean?

3. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan think women looked exhausted as the holidays approached?

4. What color was the inside of Nickerson's Fish Market painted?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Joan and her husband spent Christmas together at the cottage, what changes did each of them display?

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

7. How did Joan's husband respond to her day with the seals and what does his response indicate about their marriage?

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

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

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

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