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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Captain Littlepage dressed?
(a) Plainly.
(b) Sloppily.
(c) Elegantly.
(d) Like an old sea captain.

2. What conclusion about the Captain's beliefs can be drawn from his conversation with the narrator?
(a) He tends not to believe in life after death.
(b) He tends to believe in life after death.
(c) He believes that seafaring is dangerous.
(d) He believes that sailors cannot be trusted.

3. Why did the Captain leave his position as Commander?
(a) He was disabled.
(b) He lived through a frightening ordeal after a shipwreck.
(c) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(d) He wanted to spend more time in Dunnet Landing.

4. Under which pretense does Mrs. Todd come to the schoolhouse to visit the narrator?
(a) She is looking for tansy.
(b) She has an herbal mixture for the narrator.
(c) She needs some advice.
(d) She is looking for plantains.

5. What happened when Gaffett and his companion went on land?
(a) They built a camp.
(b) The animals were too dangerous.
(c) It was too cold to survive.
(d) The town seemed to disappear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author compare knowing a village like Dunnet Landing to?

2. Why does tansy grow so well around the schoolhouse?

3. What does Captain Littlepage say about the townspeople?

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

5. How does the narrator react to the funeral procession?

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