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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. Who visited Joan on Memorial Day?
2. Who was Hazel?
3. What kind of party did Joan throw for her husband in Chapter 16, Port of Call?
4. What beverage did Joan buy at the general store?
5. Where were Joan's oldest son and his wife going for a bike trip once leaving the cottage after Memorial Day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who did Joan ask for money to replace her broken hot water heater, and what was his response?
2. How did Joan's acceptance of her body change in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?
3. What did Joan give her husband for his retirement, and what did her gift symbolize?
4. Describe the retirement party Joan gave for her husband and how pleased her husband was with it.
5. What spiritual lesson did Joan learn from clamming?
6. When Joan's husband mentioned retirement at the beginning of Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, how did his idea of retirement differ from Joan's?
7. Did Joan and her husband seem happier or more unhappy at the end of their year-long separation, and did they decide to divorce or reunite?
8. What did Joan Anderson expect to learn from the psychoanalyst, and what did Joan Erikson tell her when she didn't learn what she expected?
9. At the beginning of Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, how did Joan feel once her older son and his wife left?
10. Who was Hazel, and why did she come to visit Joan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the influence of nature in Joan's life during her year at Cape Cod. What aspects of nature did Joan encounter, and how did they help her healing and growth? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of the seal island to Joan. What lessons did she learn from the island and the seals that inhabit it? Why did her husband not understand the importance of the island to her? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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