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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason do the visitors give for not having seen as many older guests as they would have hoped?
(a) Maybe the older guests don't enjoy the reunions as much as they used to.
(b) Maybe there aren't as many older guests to come anymore.
(c) Maybe the older guests are being replaced by the younger generation.
(d) Maybe the older guests can no longer make the long journey.

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

3. What happens at the last minute before Joanna's wedding?
(a) Joanna dies.
(b) Her fiancé refuses to marry her.
(c) Her fiancé marries someone else.
(d) Her fiancé dies.

4. Why does the narrator choose a new place to write?
(a) Others find her presence distracting.
(b) There are too many distractions.
(c) She finds she is spending too much time with her new friends.
(d) She doesn't like greeting guests.

5. Who does the narrator say comes and goes past the schoolhouse window?
(a) Mrs. Todd.
(b) Captain Littlepage.
(c) Mrs. Todd's customers.
(d) The sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah do in honor of his wife?

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

3. What does the narrator notice about Captain Littlepage's reputation in Dunnet Landing?

4. Why does Mrs. Todd say she wants to pick herbs on the island where Mrs. Blackett lives?

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

(see the answer key)

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