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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator feel about Mrs. Fosdick once she meets her?
(a) She thinks she talks too much.
(b) She likes her.
(c) She doesn't like her.
(d) Mrs. Fosdick reminds her of her mother.

4. Why does the narrator choose a new place to write?
(a) Others find her presence distracting.
(b) She finds she is spending too much time with her new friends.
(c) She doesn't like greeting guests.
(d) There are too many distractions.

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

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

7. Where did the Captain's experience described in Chapter 5 take place?
(a) Near the North Pole.
(b) Along the coast of Canada.
(c) Near the South Pole.
(d) Near Greenland.

8. What does Mrs. Todd need to get while visiting Mrs. Blackett?
(a) Pennyroyal.
(b) Tansy.
(c) Primrose.
(d) Damania.

9. 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) The herb she needs grows best on the island.
(c) The herb she needs doesn't grow in Dunnett.
(d) To pass the time while waiting for dinner.

10. Besides Captain Littlepage, who else knows of Gaffett's story?
(a) Just Gaffett.
(b) No one - Gaffett himself is long since dead.
(c) Just the other survivors of Gaffett's shipwreck.
(d) Just the other survivors of Littlepage's shipwreck.

11. What made the narrator choose Dunnet Landing for her visit?
(a) Its closeness to the ocean.
(b) The friendly people.
(c) Its sense of neighborhood and the pleasant cottages.
(d) The peacefulness of the little village.

12. How does Mrs. Blackett manage her advanced age?
(a) She worries that she is becoming senile.
(b) She walks with a cane.
(c) She has William to help her.
(d) She continues to live an active life.

13. What does the Captain assert during the beginning of his conversation with the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) That no one can know the answer.
(b) That everyone can find out before death if they want to.
(c) That only good people will enjoy life after death.
(d) That there must certainly be life after death.

14. How do the people of Dunnett Landing feel about having company?
(a) Visits with others are the only valuable thing in life.
(b) Visits with others are a necessary evil.
(c) Visits with others are a valued commodity.
(d) Visits with others are a social requirement.

15. Where do the narrator and Mrs. Todd find some time to chat?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In a clearance overlooking the sea.
(c) In the pennyroyal patch.
(d) In the tansy patch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the funeral procession for?

2. What natural landscape influences life in the community?

3. How old does the Captain say he is?

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

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

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