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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. What conclusion about the narrator's beliefs can be drawn from her conversation with Captain Littlepage?
(a) She does not believe in life after death.
(b) She tends not to believe in Gaffert's story.
(c) She believes that sailors cannot be trusted.
(d) She believes that the Captain is crazy.

2. How would you characterize the relationship between Mrs. Todd and her mother?
(a) Communicative.
(b) Strained.
(c) Friendly and loving.
(d) Difficult.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gaffett and his companion discover after sailing away from the shipwreck?

2. What offer does William make the narrator?

3. Why does Mrs. Todd say she wants to pick herbs on the island where Mrs. Blackett lives?

4. Where do the narrator and Mrs. Todd find some time to chat?

5. What connection does Mrs. Todd see between the tansy in the schoolyard and people?

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