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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Todd do during her free time?
(a) She visits her friends.
(b) She takes care of her mother.
(c) She collects herbs for natural remedies.
(d) She collects herbs for cooking.

2. What do the narrator, Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Blackett conclude is the only drawback to the day?
(a) That William did not attend.
(b) That there wasn't more singing.
(c) That they couldn't stay longer.
(d) That Sarah Jane was there.

3. What does the narrator do once she's left the house?
(a) She takes the boat out.
(b) She chats with Mrs. Todd.
(c) She goes out to explore the garden area.
(d) She goes out to explore the coastline.

4. Who is the one person Mrs. Todd doesn't want to see at the reunion?
(a) Sant Bowden.
(b) Captain Bowden.
(c) William Blackett.
(d) Sarah Jane Blackett.

5. Why does Mrs. Todd say she wants to pick herbs on the island where Mrs. Blackett lives?
(a) So she can leave some with Mrs. Blackett.
(b) To pass the time while waiting for dinner.
(c) The herb she needs doesn't grow in Dunnett.
(d) The herb she needs grows best on the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion prompts Joanna to take such drastic measures once the engagement is broken off?

2. Where did Gaffett say he had previously been shipwrecked?

3. How does the narrator characterize Captain Littlepage's reaction to Gaffett's story?

4. What does Elijah tell the narrator that he does every day?

5. What does Elijah do in honor of his wife?

(see the answer key)

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