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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many letters did Joan have from John?
(a) Hundreds of letters.
(b) 30 to 40 letters.
(c) A dozen letters.
(d) No letters.

2. When was Quintana discharged from Beth Israel?
(a) January 22, 2004.
(b) February 5, 2004.
(c) January 30, 2004.
(d) February 15, 2004.

3. How old were Joan and her brother when her mother was dying?
(a) In their 40's.
(b) In their70's.
(c) In their 50's.
(d) In their 60's.

4. What was Joan watching when she first noticed the vortex effect?
(a) Rain.
(b) Ice floes.
(c) Snow.
(d) Icicles dripping.

5. When did Joan interview people in Honolulu about December 7, 1941?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date of John's funeral?

2. What year was it when John and Joan were at a red light and saw the driver suddenly slump over his steering wheel?

3. Who wrote the book John was reading the night he died?

4. What did Joan wish she could use to record the memories that she included in the book rather than writing about them?

5. What Matthew Arnold poem did Joan mention reading in Chapter 4?

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