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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator notice about Elijah's house?
(a) The furniture seems luxurious.
(b) The house seems befitting of a fisherman.
(c) Everything must be just the way his wife left it.
(d) He must have completely remodeled after his wife passed away.

2. What does Mrs. Blackett point out to the narrator as they make their way through the countryside?
(a) Her childhood home.
(b) Her husband's first home.
(c) Her brother's home.
(d) Her sister's home.

3. Who becomes nostalgic knowing that this event won't happen again for another year?
(a) Sarah Jane.
(b) The younger guests.
(c) Mrs. Blackett.
(d) The narrator.

4. Why doesn't Sant make the most of his potential?
(a) Lack of ambition.
(b) His father's alcoholism.
(c) Financial reasons.
(d) His illness.

5. How can the mood be described as the narrator, Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Blackett make their way to the event?
(a) Stressed.
(b) Festive.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Formal.

6. What time of year does Joanna's funeral occur?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

7. What does Elijah do in honor of his wife?
(a) He lives a solitary life alone in their house.
(b) He vows never to remarry.
(c) He cries when he talks about her.
(d) He visits her grave daily.

8. What reason do the visitors give for not having seen as many older guests as they would have hoped?
(a) Maybe there aren't as many older guests to come anymore.
(b) Maybe the older guests don't enjoy the reunions as much as they used to.
(c) Maybe the older guests can no longer make the long journey.
(d) Maybe the older guests are being replaced by the younger generation.

9. What does the narrator stop to study on her walk?
(a) The lines and strength of the Miranda.
(b) The sound of the waves.
(c) The fishermen baiting trawls.
(d) The flight of the bird.

10. What impresses the narrator upon arriving?
(a) The size of the house.
(b) The young men's gentlemanly manners.
(c) The size of the family.
(d) The many carriages.

11. When does Joanna ask Mrs. Todd to return?
(a) The next day.
(b) Never.
(c) In a month.
(d) In a year.

12. What do the Bowdens do after dinner?
(a) Play horseshoes.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Give speeches.
(d) Go for a walk.

13. Why is the narrator surprised by the invitation?
(a) She doesn't have anything to wear.
(b) The departure is so soon.
(c) She doesn't feel she belongs to the community.
(d) She isn't a member of the family.

14. How does the narrator react to Joanna's story?
(a) She is saddened.
(b) She is intrigued.
(c) She is glad her own life is better than Joanna's.
(d) She is disinterested.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Mrs. Blackett upon arrival?

2. What had others told Elijah would happen with time after his wife's passing?

3. Who does Joanna request make the trip to the island should she fall ill?

4. What does the narrator say the idle lobster boats tied up at the shoreline seem to be doing at the beginning of Chapter 20?

5. When does Elijah engage in his hobby?

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