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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What had others told Elijah would happen with time after his wife's passing?
(a) They said he would meet someone else.
(b) They said he would begin to forget her.
(c) They said the pain would ease up.
(d) They said the pain would continue forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator remark that the seamen's minds seem to be fixed on?

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

3. What emotion prompts Joanna to take such drastic measures once the engagement is broken off?

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

5. How does Elijah refer to his late wife?

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