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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. What does the narrator miss as she is thinking about life in Dunnet Landing after the funeral procession?
(a) Her family.
(b) Foods from home.
(c) Companionship.
(d) News from her hometown.

2. What does the narrator compare Dunnet Landing's cottage windows to?
(a) Windows into the lives and souls of the people in town.
(b) Knowing eyes that watch over the community members.
(c) Gingerbread windows.
(d) Knowing eyes that look toward the sea.

3. What does Mrs. Todd do during her free time?
(a) She takes care of her mother.
(b) She collects herbs for cooking.
(c) She visits her friends.
(d) She collects herbs for natural remedies.

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

5. What made the narrator choose Dunnet Landing for her visit?
(a) The peacefulness of the little village.
(b) Its closeness to the ocean.
(c) The friendly people.
(d) Its sense of neighborhood and the pleasant cottages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which pretense does Mrs. Todd come to the schoolhouse to visit the narrator?

2. What does the narrator say about Mrs. Todd's way of talking about Captain Littlepage?

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

4. When does the narrator need to have her writing project finished?

5. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?

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