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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Riptide, and Chapter 5, Water Therapy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who called Joan the evening after she returned from the seal island?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Joshua Cahoon.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

2. Where did Joan and her husband go to work for the Peace Corps in the early days of their marriage?
(a) Africa.
(b) Brazil.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) India.

3. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?
(a) Her children were grown.
(b) She was a writer.
(c) She was free while they had to live by their husbands' rules.
(d) She was useful in a job, unlike them.

4. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?
(a) An artistic family.
(b) An alcoholic family.
(c) A diabetic family.
(d) A musical family.

5. Who did Joan ask to take her in his boat to the seal island?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The fish market owner.
(c) Joshua Cahoon.
(d) Her oldest son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan's father-in-law do for a living?

2. How long was Joan left alone on Seal Island?

3. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?

4. Which of the following was not something that Joan achieved in her early twenties?

5. What is ebb tide?

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