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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Mrs. Todd find some time to chat?
(a) In the pennyroyal patch.
(b) In the tansy patch.
(c) In a clearance overlooking the sea.
(d) In the garden.

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

3. What happened when Gaffett and his companion left "the waiting place"?
(a) The townspeople seemed to taunt them.
(b) The animals watched as they moved out of sight.
(c) The coastline disappeared.
(d) They worried that they would freeze.

4. Where did Gaffett say he had previously been shipwrecked?
(a) Canada.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Near Scotland.
(d) Off the coast of Greenland.

5. What does the Captain assert during the beginning of his conversation with the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) That there must certainly be life after death.
(b) That no one can know the answer.
(c) That everyone can find out before death if they want to.
(d) That only good people will enjoy life after death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is William?

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

4. What did the Captain do while waiting in Chapter 5?

5. What distracts the narrator from her work later in the day after the funeral procession?

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