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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. How do the people of Dunnett Landing feel about having company?
(a) Visits with others are the only valuable thing in life.
(b) Visits with others are a valued commodity.
(c) Visits with others are a social requirement.
(d) Visits with others are a necessary evil.

2. Where does the narrator go to write in Chapter 1?
(a) The park.
(b) The schoolhouse.
(c) The beach.
(d) A cottage in the village.

3. Besides her herbal remedies, what else is Mrs. Todd known for in Dunnet Landing?
(a) Her pine ale.
(b) Her iced tea.
(c) Her spruce beer.
(d) Her lemonade.

4. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?
(a) That she has decided to stay on the island.
(b) That she has fallen ill.
(c) That she has committed the ultimate sin.
(d) That she has decided to return to Dunnet Landing.

5. What does the narrator assert during the beginning of her conversation with Captain Littlepage in Chapter 5?
(a) That someday "everyone will know."
(b) That there must certainly be life after death.
(c) That death must be the end.
(d) That no one can know the answer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name do Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Fosdick use when referring to Joanna?

2. What does Captain Littlepage say about the townspeople?

3. What does the narrator do once she's left the house?

4. What does the narrator remember Mrs. Todd saying about Captain Littlepage?

5. Why didn't Mrs. Todd marry her first love?

(see the answer key)

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