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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. How does Mrs. Todd react to Joanna's revelation?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is frightened.
(c) She is worried.
(d) She doesn't know what Joanna means.

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

3. What does the narrator assert during the beginning of her conversation with Captain Littlepage in Chapter 5?
(a) That no one can know the answer.
(b) That someday "everyone will know."
(c) That there must certainly be life after death.
(d) That death must be the end.

4. What does the narrator notice about her own thoughts as the funeral procession moves out of sight?
(a) Her thoughts are flighty, and she can't concentrate enough to write.
(b) Her thoughts have become quite melancholy.
(c) The noise from the procession has made her thoughts restless.
(d) The funeral procession has made her nostalgic.

5. What do the Bowdens do after dinner?
(a) Sing songs.
(b) Go for a walk.
(c) Give speeches.
(d) Play horseshoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator encounter on Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?

2. What conclusion did Gaffett draw from his experience?

3. On Shell-Heap Island, the narrator muses that each person has a place inside in which what is kept?

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

5. Who does Joanna request make the trip to the island should she fall ill?

(see the answer key)

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