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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. How long had Joan and her family lived in their big old family house?
2. Why did Joan have trouble finding something to wear to the fish market's Christmas party?
3. Which of the following is not something Joan woke up to the morning after her husband's arrival for Christmas?
4. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?
5. How many races had Joan run prior to the New Year's Day race?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Joan's personality differ from her husband's?
2. How did other people respond when they learned Joan was working at a fish market?
3. 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?
4. How did Joshua Cahoon differ from Joan's husband?
5. Who was Joan Erikson and how did Joan meet her?
6. How did Joshua Cahoon treat Joan when he took her to the seal island?
7. What reflections did the seals give Joan on her body image?
8. How did Joan fare in the footrace in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet, and what did the race symbolize to her?
9. What is ebb tide and how did Joan relate the concept of ebb tide to her own life?
10. Where did Joan and her husband meet, and how did Joan's in-laws feel about the couple's relationship?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Joan Anderson's use of figurative language in "A Year by the Sea" as well as her other narrative techniques. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the depiction of gender roles in "A Year by the Sea." What characteristics and roles were ascribed to women in the book? What characteristics and roles were ascribed to men in the book? Did the men in the fishing community of Cape Cod treat the women as equals, or did they try to dominate them? Did Joan's husband treat Joan as an equal prior to their year-long separation, or did he try to dominate her? Cite at least three examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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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