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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes the furnishings in the best room in Elijah's house?
(a) Sparing.
(b) Dark.
(c) Threadbare.
(d) Valuable.

2. Where is Joanna buried?
(a) In the churchyard.
(b) On the island.
(c) At sea.
(d) In Dunnet Landing.

3. Who does Joanna request make the trip to the island should she fall ill?
(a) Mrs. Blackett.
(b) The minister.
(c) Mrs. Todd.
(d) The town doctor.

4. What does Elijah do during their conversation that surprises the narrator?
(a) He talks to her about fishing.
(b) He asks her to join him on a walk.
(c) He invites her to his home.
(d) He tells her about his wife.

5. On Shell-Heap Island, the narrator muses that each person has a place inside in which what is kept?
(a) Our greatest sorrows.
(b) Our greatest humiliations.
(c) Great regrets and great happiness.
(d) Our deepest emotions.

6. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?
(a) That she has fallen ill.
(b) That she has decided to stay on the island.
(c) That she has committed the ultimate sin.
(d) That she has decided to return to Dunnet Landing.

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

8. Where does Joanna go after the engagement is broken?
(a) To the seashore.
(b) To a nearby island.
(c) To the church.
(d) To the forest.

9. When did the story of Joanna occur?
(a) When Mrs. Todd was newly married.
(b) When Mrs. Fosdick was a child.
(c) Several years ago.
(d) The previous summer.

10. What happens to Joanna's half of the family farm?
(a) Her brother takes it over.
(b) She gives it away.
(c) She loses it to her ex-fiancé.
(d) She sells it.

11. What occurs to the narrator as she is looking over the landscape on Shell-Heap Island?
(a) Captain Bowden has become a good friend.
(b) Joanna must have seen the island just this way.
(c) Joanna is much like her self.
(d) The landscape is lovelier than she expected.

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

13. How does the narrator engage Elijah in conversation?
(a) She talks to him about about fishing.
(b) She asks him about his wife.
(c) She asks to accompany him on a walk.
(d) She asks what he will be cooking for dinner.

14. What had Mrs. Todd been doing prior to her evening visit with Mrs. Fosdick and the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Making spruce beer.
(b) Making syrup.
(c) Making cough drops.
(d) Making herbal teas.

15. What is going on as the narrator is on her walk?
(a) The people seem to be taking naps.
(b) Nothing, all is quiet.
(c) The fishermen are mending nets.
(d) The sheep are circling the schoolhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the last minute before Joanna's wedding?

2. What happens to Mrs. Blackett upon arrival?

3. How can the mood be described as the narrator, Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Blackett make their way to the event?

4. With whom does Mrs. Todd go to visit Joanna in Chapter 13?

5. How long has Elijah lived alone?

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