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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 was the cause of the Captain's experience?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Too much alcohol.
(d) Poor help from the crew.

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

3. How old does the Captain say he is?
(a) Over seventy.
(b) Over ninety.
(c) Over eighty.
(d) Over sixty.

4. 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 there must certainly be life after death.
(c) That someday "everyone will know."
(d) That death must be the end.

5. What does Mrs. Blackett point out to the narrator as they make their way through the countryside?
(a) Her husband's first home.
(b) Her childhood home.
(c) Her brother's home.
(d) Her sister's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do others in the community feel about Mrs. Fosdick?

2. Where does the narrator go to write in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Mrs. Todd believe Mrs. Blackett won't be able to attend the event?

4. What plant does Mrs. Todd mention that grows at the Bowden's?

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

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