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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you characterize the relationship between Mrs. Todd and her mother?
(a) Communicative.
(b) Friendly and loving.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Strained.

2. What does the author compare knowing a village like Dunnet Landing to?
(a) Coming home.
(b) Getting to know a friend better.
(c) A walk on a familiar forest path.
(d) Becoming acquainted with a single person.

3. Who does the narrator say comes and goes past the schoolhouse window?
(a) Mrs. Todd.
(b) Captain Littlepage.
(c) Mrs. Todd's customers.
(d) The sheep.

4. 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 no one can know the answer.
(c) That there must certainly be life after death.
(d) That death must be the end.

5. What does the narrator compare Captain Littlepage's gait to?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A grasshopper.
(c) A tortoise.
(d) A snail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What distracts the narrator from her work later in the day after the funeral procession?

2. What does the narrator say about Mrs. Todd's way of talking about Captain Littlepage?

3. What does the narrator conclude based on Mrs. Todd's revelation?

4. How does the narrator react to the relative isolation of Mrs. Todd's home after coming back from Mrs. Blackett's?

5. What does the narrator notice about her own thoughts as the funeral procession moves out of sight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator's reaction to Joanna's story.

2. During their visit to Mrs. Blackett's, Mrs. Todd and the narrator talk about love. What does Mrs. Todd's love story say about her character?

3. What role do the furnishings in Elijah Tilley's house play in Chapter 20?

4. Describe Mrs. Blackett's attitude towards life.

5. How does narrator feel about Captain Littlepage's story?

6. What is the narrator's first impression of Captain Littlepage when he arrives at the schoolhouse?

7. How does the narrator feel about Mrs. Blackett?

8. Describe Joanna's island as the narrator sees it.

9. Elijah Tilley's character provides a number of surprises for the narrator. What are they?

10. Describe the way the other guests treat Mrs. Blackett, and explain why you believe they act this way.

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