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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Captain's experience described in Chapter 5 take place?
(a) Along the coast of Canada.
(b) Near the North Pole.
(c) Near the South Pole.
(d) Near Greenland.

2. What does the Captain assert during the beginning of his conversation with the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) That there must certainly be life after death.
(b) That only good people will enjoy life after death.
(c) That no one can know the answer.
(d) That everyone can find out before death if they want to.

3. Why is the narrator glad someone interrupts her at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) She wants to talk about the Caplins.
(b) She wants to talk about the Miranda.
(c) She feels somewhat lonely.
(d) She doesn't feel safe walking alone.

4. How does the narrator engage Elijah in conversation?
(a) She asks what he will be cooking for dinner.
(b) She asks him about his wife.
(c) She asks to accompany him on a walk.
(d) She talks to him about about fishing.

5. What conclusion about the narrator's beliefs can be drawn from her conversation with Captain Littlepage?
(a) She believes that sailors cannot be trusted.
(b) She tends not to believe in Gaffert's story.
(c) She believes that the Captain is crazy.
(d) She does not believe in life after death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Captain Littlepage say about the townspeople?

2. How does Captain Littlepage react to the narrator's comments?

3. On Shell-Heap Island, the narrator muses that each person has a place inside in which what is kept?

4. Who does the narrator ask to take her to Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?

5. What does the narrator stop to study on her walk?

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