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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion did Gaffett draw from his experience?
(a) Luck is the only thing that can keep you alive.
(b) The people were ghosts waiting for passage to another life.
(c) You can only trust yourself.
(d) The people were hermits.

2. What happened when Gaffett and his companion left "the waiting place"?
(a) The animals watched as they moved out of sight.
(b) The coastline disappeared.
(c) The townspeople seemed to taunt them.
(d) They worried that they would freeze.

3. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?
(a) To visit friends.
(b) To write about the area.
(c) For a long vacation.
(d) To work on a writing project.

4. Which event does the author describe to help illustrate the community's sense of compassion in Chapter 4?
(a) A town meeting.
(b) The illness of one of the community members.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A funeral procession.

5. How has the funeral affected the Captain's mood in Chapter 5?
(a) He seems fearful.
(b) He seems melancholy.
(c) He seems depressed.
(d) He seems thoughtful.

6. Why does tansy grow so well around the schoolhouse?
(a) The salty air near the ocean.
(b) The children trampled it down during the spring.
(c) The spacious schoolyard.
(d) The fertile soil.

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

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

9. Besides her herbal remedies, what else is Mrs. Todd known for in Dunnet Landing?
(a) Her iced tea.
(b) Her lemonade.
(c) Her spruce beer.
(d) Her pine ale.

10. How does the town doctor feel about Mrs. Todd and her use of herbs?
(a) He thinks her belief in the usefulness of herbs is foolish.
(b) He hopes he can cure some of the cases worsened her herbal remedies.
(c) He feels that the two are rivals.
(d) The two are on the best of terms.

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

12. Who is Mrs. Blackett?
(a) Mrs. Todd's mother.
(b) Mrs. Todd's aunt.
(c) Mrs. Todd's mother-in-law.
(d) A friend of Mrs. Todd's.

13. What time of year does the story take place?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

14. Who is the funeral procession for?
(a) Mrs. Begg.
(b) Mrs. Todd.
(c) Captain Littlepage.
(d) Mrs. Todd's mother.

15. 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) The two seem to have a strained relationship.
(c) Mrs. Todd seems to be in love with Captain Littlepage.
(d) Mrs. Todd doesn't seem to like Captain Littlepage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Captain believe he knows "the truth" about life after death?

2. How old is William?

3. How does the narrator react to the funeral procession?

4. Who does the narrator say comes and goes past the schoolhouse window?

5. What does the narrator compare Captain Littlepage's gait to?

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