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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Elijah do for a living?
(a) He is a fisherman.
(b) He is a blacksmith.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a sailor.

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

4. What does the narrator remark that the seamen's minds seem to be fixed on?
(a) Ships.
(b) Nature.
(c) Fish.
(d) The contrivances of man.

5. What ultimately happens to Joanna's ex-fiancé?
(a) He falls ill.
(b) He spends the rest of his life looking for Joanna.
(c) He spends the rest of his life in Dunnet Landing.
(d) He marries someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Todd compare Sant Bowden to the sprig?

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

3. How long does Joanna stay isolated?

4. How do Elijah and the narrator part?

5. What hobby of Elijah's surprises the narrator?

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