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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Safe Harbor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?
(a) She outran her sister.
(b) She showed her husband she could do new things.
(c) She proved a middle-aged woman could run fast.
(d) She had entered a new phase of her life.

2. Where were Joan's oldest son and his wife going for a bike trip once leaving the cottage after Memorial Day?
(a) California.
(b) The Far East.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Europe.

3. How long was the town's New Year's Day race?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) One mile.
(d) Fifty yards.

4. Approximately how many other runners showed up with Joan to participate in the New Year's Day race?
(a) Eighty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Two hundred.

5. From whom did Joan get the wobbly kitchen table in the cottage?
(a) Joshua Cahoon.
(b) Hazel.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, who did Joan realize was planning to live with her in the cottage?

2. Why did Joan want to enter the New Year's Day race?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?

4. While riding her bicycle in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, with whom did Joan wonder if she could ever share a bike ride?

5. What costume Joan did Joan wear for the New Year's Day race?

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