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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) Walking her dog.
(c) Picking her daughter up from school.
(d) Going to the post office.

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

3. Why did Joan want a job at the fish market?
(a) She had taxes to pay.
(b) She didn't want to ask her husband for money.
(c) She wanted to work with Joshua Cahoon.
(d) She wanted to feel like a local woman.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Joan meet Joshua Cahoon?

2. From whom did Joan get the wobbly kitchen table in the cottage?

3. What costume Joan did Joan wear for the New Year's Day race?

4. How many children did Joan and her husband have?

5. How did Joan's husband describe the home he lived in while Joan occupied their Cape Cod cottage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Joshua Cahoon differ from Joan's husband?

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

9. 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?

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

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