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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Joanna give Mrs. Todd?
(a) That she should take better care of her mother.
(b) That she should move to the island.
(c) That she should love her husband.
(d) That she should divorce her husband.

2. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?
(a) To visit friends.
(b) To write about the area.
(c) For a long vacation.
(d) To work on a writing project.

3. Why does tansy grow so well around the schoolhouse?
(a) The salty air near the ocean.
(b) The spacious schoolyard.
(c) The children trampled it down during the spring.
(d) The fertile soil.

4. What specialty is revealed during the dessert course?
(a) A gingerbread model of the Bowdens' homestead.
(b) A chocolate cake made using the Bowdens' own recipe.
(c) A chocolate model of the Bowdens' garden.
(d) A gingerbread model of Dunnet Landing.

5. Who is William?
(a) Mrs. Todd's brother-in-law.
(b) Mrs. Blackett's brother.
(c) Mrs. Blackett's brother-in-law.
(d) Mrs. Todd's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator notice about Elijah's house?

2. What does Mrs. Todd say she needs after a difficult afternoon at the end of Chapter 7?

3. Who does the narrator ask to take her to Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?

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

5. Which word best describes the furnishings in the best room in Elijah's house?

(see the answer key)

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