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

2. What does the narrator remember Mrs. Todd saying about Captain Littlepage?
(a) He has a housekeeper.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) He is not married.
(d) He reads a lot.

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

4. What does the narrator notice about Captain Littlepage's reputation in Dunnet Landing?
(a) He is well-respected.
(b) He is friends with everyone.
(c) He is an outsider.
(d) He is like the father of the community.

5. What connection does Mrs. Todd see between the tansy in the schoolyard and people?
(a) Like tansy, people can overcome a harsh past to make the most of their lives.
(b) Like tansy, people gather their strength during the spring and then blossom fully in the summer.
(c) Like tansy, people can thrive almost anywhere.
(d) Like tansy, people can only thrive with others of their kind around them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mrs. Blackett?

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

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

4. Why does the narrator say she didn't "walk the rest" at the end of Chapter 4?

5. Why does the narrator choose a new place to write?

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