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

2. Under what pretense does the narrator leave Mrs. Blackett's home?
(a) To gather some flowers.
(b) To dig potatoes for chowder.
(c) To find some herbs for Mrs. Todd.
(d) To dig carrots for the salad.

3. Why didn't Mrs. Todd marry her first love?
(a) She met and married Mr. Todd
(b) He died young.
(c) He fell in love with someone else.
(d) His mother didn't approve.

4. What punishment does Joanna inflict on herself?
(a) Isolation from others.
(b) Endless work on the island.
(c) Imprisonment.
(d) Suicide.

5. What does the narrator say about Mrs. Todd's way of talking about Captain Littlepage?
(a) Mrs. Todd won't talk about Captain Littlepage.
(b) Mrs. Todd seems to be in love with Captain Littlepage.
(c) The two seem to have a strained relationship.
(d) Mrs. Todd doesn't seem to like Captain Littlepage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?

3. What time of year does Joanna's funeral occur?

4. What does the narrator compare Dunnet Landing's cottage windows to?

5. How does Captain Littlepage react to the narrator's comments?

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