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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Joan instructed to bring for her trip to the seal island?
2. Who hauled and chopped wood for Joan during her stay at the cottage?
3. What color was the inside of Nickerson's Fish Market painted?
4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
5. With what did Joan and her husband decorate their Christmas tree in Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Joan fare in the footrace in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet, and what did the race symbolize to her?
2. What is ebb tide and how did Joan relate the concept of ebb tide to her own life?
3. How did other people respond when they learned Joan was working at a fish market?
4. How did Joan's husband respond to her day with the seals and what does his response indicate about their marriage?
5. What was Joan's day with the seals like?
6. In Chapter 9, Fogged In, how did Joan become estranged from her brother?
7. How did Joshua Cahoon treat Joan when he took her to the seal island?
8. How did Joan's winter days and nights with her husband and children compare to her winter on Cape Cod?
9. How did Joshua Cahoon differ from Joan's husband?
10. In Chapter 4, Riptide, how did Joan relate the state of her marriage to a riptide?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the changes and growth in Joan during her year at Cape Cod. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Joan's two jobs on Cape Cod with her career as a writer. How did her two jobs on Cape Cod change Joan, her relationships, and her marriage? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of self-reliance in the book. How did Joan demonstrate self-reliance at Cape Cod, and was she self-reliant all her life, or did she become more so during her year by the sea? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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