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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 Captain Littlepage say about the townspeople?
(a) They lead simple lives.
(b) They are good people.
(c) They think they know everything.
(d) They have been good friends.

2. What made the narrator choose Dunnet Landing for her visit?
(a) The friendly people.
(b) Its sense of neighborhood and the pleasant cottages.
(c) The peacefulness of the little village.
(d) Its closeness to the ocean.

3. How old is Mrs. Blackett?
(a) 106.
(b) 96.
(c) 76.
(d) 86.

4. Where did Gaffett say he had previously been shipwrecked?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Off the coast of Greenland.
(c) Near Scotland.
(d) Canada.

5. What piece of information does Mrs. Todd reveal to the narrator?
(a) That she truly loved someone else.
(b) That she never loved her husband.
(c) That her husband never truly loved her.
(d) That she is in love with Captain Littlepage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides her herbal remedies, what else is Mrs. Todd known for in Dunnet Landing?

2. How does the narrator react to Joanna's story?

3. Who does Joanna request make the trip to the island should she fall ill?

4. What does the narrator miss as she is thinking about life in Dunnet Landing after the funeral procession?

5. How old is William?

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