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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 did Joan think she was like beach glass?
2. Why did Joan decide not to write in her journal on the seal island?
3. How much did a license for clamming cost Joan?
4. What gift did Joan give her husband at the party?
5. What did the sign in front of the Methodist Church make Joan wonder about herself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who did Joan Erikson send to stay with Joan and how did Joan feel about having these guests?
2. How did Joshua Cahoon help Joan learn clamming?
3. How did Joan ultimately earn the money to fix her broken hot water heater?
4. To where did Joan ride her bike in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, and how did she like the experience?
5. What did Joan find several workmen doing at her home upon her return from her bike ride, and what did the fact that her husband was paying for the repairs indicate about him and their marriage?
6. Who was Hazel, and why did she come to visit Joan?
7. What evidence in Chapter 16, Port of Call, indicated that Joan's husband had grown and changed during their separation?
8. At the beginning of Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, how did Joan feel once her older son and his wife left?
9. How did a sign in front of the Methodist Church make Joan reflect upon her marriage?
10. How did Joan's family spend Memorial Day weekend in Chapter 13, Treading Water, and how did Joan make this holiday different than previous holidays?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Joan Anderson's technique of using epigraphs to introduce each chapter in "A Year by the Sea." How did the epigraphs relate to the titles of each chapter? How did the epigraphs relate to the content of each chapter? How did the epigraphs relate to Joan and her life?
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
At the end of the book, Joan and her husband reunited. Discuss whether you found this ending satisfying or not and why. Did it negate Joan's feminist precepts for her to take her husband back? Was it believable that Joan would reunite with her husband after her unhappiness during her marriage? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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