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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 costume Joan did Joan wear for the New Year's Day race?
2. In Chapter 3, Seal Sense Analysis, who gave Joan some clams he had dug up?
3. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how many years had passed since Joan's sons had spent Christmas with her?
4. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?
5. What did Joan think her role in her marriage would be?
Short Essay Questions
1. How much did Joan tell the townspeople in Cape Cod about her reasons for being in town?
2. What was Joan's husband's childhood like, and how did his childhood experiences affect the couple's marriage?
3. What was Joan's day with the seals like?
4. How did Joan's winter days and nights with her husband and children compare to her winter on Cape Cod?
5. How did other people respond when they learned Joan was working at a fish market?
6. In Chapter 9, Fogged In, how did Joan become estranged from her brother?
7. What costume did Joan wear for the New Year's Eve footrace, and what did it symbolize to her?
8. What incident told Joan that the other workers at the fish market had accepted her?
9. What was Larry's PX and how did the men who congregated there respond to Joan's presence?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Joan's reliability as a narrator. How reliable is she? In what ways might she be biased? Do you think her perceptions of her experiences are accurate? Why or why not? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the changes and growth in Joan during her year at Cape Cod. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how holidays affected Joan in the book. Did her feelings about holidays change during her year by the sea? In what ways do holidays illustrate Joan's feelings about the traditional role of women in society? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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