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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 4, Riptide, which of the following was not a task Joan had to do in her job at Nickerson's Fish Market?
(a) Climbing up to the lobster tanks.
(b) Dealing with customers.
(c) Catching fish.
(d) Hauling and weighing fish.

2. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?
(a) Nature.
(b) Her life and herself.
(c) The cottage.
(d) The book she was writing.

3. How soon before Christmas was Joan's husband scheduled to arrive at the cottage?
(a) One week.
(b) He was not coming.
(c) One day.
(d) Two days.

4. Once Joan's husband left in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide, how did Joan react?
(a) She became afraid.
(b) She cried.
(c) She begged him to come back.
(d) She rejoiced.

5. What did studying her old photos reveal to Joan about herself?
(a) That she longed for a close family again.
(b) That she had been a lonely, homely child.
(c) That she didn't look like her other relatives.
(d) That she fit in by being what others wanted her to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?

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

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

5. Who told Joan she had everything she wanted for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. What kind of job did Joan get in Chapter 4, Riptide, and why didn't she ask her husband for financial help instead of getting a job?

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

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

8. What kind of Christmas tree did Joan and her husband have on Cape Cod, and how did they decorate?

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

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

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