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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which event does the author describe to help illustrate the community's sense of compassion in Chapter 4?
(a) A funeral procession.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A town meeting.
(d) The illness of one of the community members.

2. What natural landscape influences life in the community?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The forest.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The lake.

3. What time of year does the story take place?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

4. What does the narrator notice about Captain Littlepage's reputation in Dunnet Landing?
(a) He is friends with everyone.
(b) He is like the father of the community.
(c) He is well-respected.
(d) He is an outsider.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Todd react to the funeral procession?

2. Where does the narrator first stay during her visit?

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

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

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

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