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

2. What does the narrator say about Gaffett's experience?
(a) She says that too much time at sea can cause hallucinations.
(b) She asks if hunger could have caused him to see apparitions.
(c) She asks if Gaffett seemed like an honest man.
(d) She says the stress of the shipwreck could have caused him to see apparitions.

3. What does Mrs. Todd need to get while visiting Mrs. Blackett?
(a) Pennyroyal.
(b) Damania.
(c) Tansy.
(d) Primrose.

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

5. How old is Mrs. Blackett?
(a) 86.
(b) 106.
(c) 76.
(d) 96.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the town doctor feel about Mrs. Todd and her use of herbs?

3. How do others in the community feel about Mrs. Fosdick?

4. How do the people of Dunnett Landing feel about having company?

5. What does the narrator assert during the beginning of her conversation with Captain Littlepage in Chapter 5?

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