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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Elijah and the narrator part?
(a) He asks if she would visit again.
(b) They agree to meet in the village.
(c) They agree not to meet again.
(d) She asks if she may visit again.

2. In talking to the narrator, what aspect of the event makes Mrs. Todd particularly emotional?
(a) Her nostalgia for better days.
(b) Her mother's place of honor in the parade.
(c) The way she is treated by the others.
(d) The beauty of the landscape.

3. What does Elijah tell the narrator about his love interests?
(a) He has no interest in remarrying.
(b) He would like to meet someone new, but Dunnet Landing is too small.
(c) He would like to remarry if he found the right companion.
(d) He has given up looking for someone new.

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

5. Where is the narrator at the opening of Chapter 20?
(a) At the wharf.
(b) At Mrs. Todd's.
(c) On the shore.
(d) At the schoolhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Todd react to Joanna's revelation?

2. What does Elijah do in honor of his wife?

3. What does Elijah tell the narrator that he does every day?

4. Why doesn't the plant Mrs. Todd mentioned thrive at the Bowden's?

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

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