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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impresses the narrator upon arriving?
(a) The size of the house.
(b) The young men's gentlemanly manners.
(c) The size of the family.
(d) The many carriages.

2. When did the story of Joanna occur?
(a) Several years ago.
(b) The previous summer.
(c) When Mrs. Todd was newly married.
(d) When Mrs. Fosdick was a child.

3. What does the narrator conclude based on Mrs. Todd's revelation?
(a) That Mrs. Todd must have been very loyal to her husband.
(b) That love is not necessary for a marriage to work.
(c) That the two must be friends now.
(d) That love cannot last.

4. What did Mrs. Begg dislike about life at Dunnet Landing?
(a) The people lived too far apart.
(b) The constant sound of the sea.
(c) The salty smell of the ocean.
(d) The tight-knit community.

5. Why does the narrator say she didn't "walk the rest" at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) She doesn't know the townspeople in the procession.
(b) She is too busy with her work.
(c) She realizes that she is not a member of the community.
(d) She doesn't know who the procession is for.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which pretense does Mrs. Todd come to the schoolhouse to visit the narrator?

2. Who becomes nostalgic knowing that this event won't happen again for another year?

3. Why doesn't Sant make the most of his potential?

4. How would you characterize the relationship between Mrs. Todd and her mother?

5. What time of year does the story take place?

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