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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What punishment does Joanna inflict on herself?
(a) Endless work on the island.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Isolation from others.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator encounter on Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?

2. Why is the narrator glad someone interrupts her at the beginning of Chapter 20?

3. What does Elijah do for a living?

4. How do the townspeople react to Joanna?

5. What does Mrs. Blackett need in order to be ready for departure?

(see the answer keys)

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