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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Louise go to school for after Caroline leaves?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) Three months.

2. What does Louise want to be when she grows up?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A singer.
(d) A writer.

3. Where is Louise's clinic in Truitt?
(a) In the general store.
(b) A barn.
(c) Her house.
(d) By the veterinarian.

4. What does Louise name her first son after?
(a) The valley.
(b) Her father.
(c) An island.
(d) The Captain.

5. What does the Captain tell Louise she was never meant to be?
(a) A follower.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A waterman.
(d) A woman.

6. What does Louise buy and then hide from Caroline?
(a) Some make-up.
(b) A manicure set.
(c) A dress.
(d) A romance novel.

7. To where does Caroline get a scholarship?
(a) NYU.
(b) Yale.
(c) Julliard.
(d) Harvard.

8. Whom does Caroline help prepare for the storm?
(a) Auntie Braxton.
(b) Mr. Rice.
(c) Her father.
(d) The captain.

9. What game does the Captain teach Caroline and Louise?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Gin.
(c) Poker.
(d) Chess.

10. Where does water remain after the storm?
(a) In the boats.
(b) In the yard.
(c) In the channel.
(d) In the basement.

11. How long does the captain live with the Bradshaws?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

12. What does Louise realize about herself after the storm?
(a) She enjoyed the suspense of the storm.
(b) She loves the island.
(c) She hates the island.
(d) She is attracted to the Captain.

13. How many families left Rass after the storm in September?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

14. What does the Captain teach Louise when she refuses to go to school?
(a) Math.
(b) History.
(c) Literature.
(d) Biology.

15. What does Grandmother accuse Susan of?
(a) Killing Trudy.
(b) Making her go insane.
(c) Cheating on her son.
(d) Stealing her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Louise get a scholarship?

2. What does Louise study about people while in school?

3. How does Trudy die?

4. How much money does Louise have saved from her crabbing?

5. What does Louise name the twin girl she delivers at the end of the book?

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