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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 conclusion did Gaffett draw from his experience?
(a) Luck is the only thing that can keep you alive.
(b) The people were ghosts waiting for passage to another life.
(c) The people were hermits.
(d) You can only trust yourself.

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

3. What did Gaffett and his companion discover after sailing away from the shipwreck?
(a) An island.
(b) More suvivors.
(c) The ship's cargo.
(d) A town.

4. What does Mrs. Todd need to get while visiting Mrs. Blackett?
(a) Damania.
(b) Primrose.
(c) Pennyroyal.
(d) Tansy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Begg dislike about life at Dunnet Landing?

2. What made the narrator choose Dunnet Landing for her visit?

3. Who is Mrs. Blackett?

4. What does Captain Littlepage say about the townspeople?

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

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