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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator miss as she is thinking about life in Dunnet Landing after the funeral procession?
(a) Companionship.
(b) News from her hometown.
(c) Foods from home.
(d) Her family.

4. What topic leads to the narrator's conversation with Captain Littlepage about life after death?
(a) The importance of living life to it's fullest.
(b) Mrs. Begg's funeral.
(c) Captain Littlepage's near-death experience.
(d) The Reverend's remarks.

5. What connection does Mrs. Todd see between the tansy in the schoolyard and people?
(a) Like tansy, people can thrive almost anywhere.
(b) Like tansy, people can only thrive with others of their kind around them.
(c) Like tansy, people can overcome a harsh past to make the most of their lives.
(d) Like tansy, people gather their strength during the spring and then blossom fully in the summer.

6. What conclusion about the Captain's beliefs can be drawn from his conversation with the narrator?
(a) He tends to believe in life after death.
(b) He believes that sailors cannot be trusted.
(c) He tends not to believe in life after death.
(d) He believes that seafaring is dangerous.

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

8. How does Mrs. Todd react to the funeral procession?
(a) She tries her best to comfort others.
(b) She is genuinely grief-stricken.
(c) She looks to others for comfort.
(d) She is durable and strong enough to withstand the emotional strain.

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

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

11. What does the narrator notice about Captain Littlepage's reputation in Dunnet Landing?
(a) He is like the father of the community.
(b) He is well-respected.
(c) He is friends with everyone.
(d) He is an outsider.

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

13. Why does the Captain believe he knows "the truth" about life after death?
(a) His experiences while waiting for rescue from a shipwreck.
(b) He himself had a near-death experience.
(c) His religious experiences.
(d) He is a deeply religious man.

14. Where did Gaffett say he had previously been shipwrecked?
(a) Off the coast of Greenland.
(b) Canada.
(c) Near Scotland.
(d) Iceland.

15. What did Gaffett and his companion discover after sailing away from the shipwreck?
(a) More suvivors.
(b) The ship's cargo.
(c) A town.
(d) An island.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people of Dunnet Landing feel about Mrs. Todd?

2. Who is Nathan?

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

4. What piece of information does Mrs. Todd reveal to the narrator?

5. What made the narrator choose Dunnet Landing for her visit?

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