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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name do Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Fosdick use when referring to Joanna?
(a) Sweet Joanna.
(b) Dear Joanna.
(c) Silly Joanna.
(d) Poor Joanna.

2. How is Captain Littlepage dressed?
(a) Elegantly.
(b) Like an old sea captain.
(c) Plainly.
(d) Sloppily.

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

4. What emotion prompts Joanna to take such drastic measures once the engagement is broken off?
(a) Hopelessness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Sadness.

5. What did Gaffett and his companion do after going on land?
(a) They sent rescuers to the site of the shipwreck.
(b) They looked for supplies.
(c) They retrieved their boat and left.
(d) They went to the pub.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Captain do while waiting in Chapter 5?

2. What distracts the narrator from her work later in the day after the funeral procession?

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

4. Where does Joanna go after the engagement is broken?

5. How does the narrator imagine Elijah bringing home the furnishings?

(see the answer key)

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