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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Gaffett's experience?
(a) She asks if hunger could have caused him to see apparitions.
(b) She says that too much time at sea can cause hallucinations.
(c) She says the stress of the shipwreck could have caused him to see apparitions.
(d) She asks if Gaffett seemed like an honest man.

2. How does Mrs. Blackett manage her advanced age?
(a) She walks with a cane.
(b) She continues to live an active life.
(c) She worries that she is becoming senile.
(d) She has William to help her.

3. According to the narrator's quote, what does Darwin say about sea captains?
(a) They are the toughest of men.
(b) They are greater than kings.
(c) They are second only to schoolmasters.
(d) They are the lowliest of men.

4. What does the narrator notice about her own thoughts as the funeral procession moves out of sight?
(a) Her thoughts are flighty, and she can't concentrate enough to write.
(b) The funeral procession has made her nostalgic.
(c) Her thoughts have become quite melancholy.
(d) The noise from the procession has made her thoughts restless.

5. Why didn't Mrs. Todd marry her first love?
(a) He died young.
(b) His mother didn't approve.
(c) She met and married Mr. Todd
(d) He fell in love with someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator encounter on Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?

2. How does the narrator react to the relative isolation of Mrs. Todd's home after coming back from Mrs. Blackett's?

3. What offer does William make the narrator?

4. Under what pretense does the narrator leave Mrs. Blackett's home?

5. What conclusion about the Captain's beliefs can be drawn from his conversation with the narrator?

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