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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, and Chapter 3, Seal Sense.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the other patrons of Larry's PX talk about during Joan's first visit to the PX?
(a) The bad economy for fishing that year.
(b) The seals in the harbor.
(c) A local murder.
(d) Joan's separation from her husband.

2. Which of the following was not something that Joan achieved in her early twenties?
(a) She worked as a fashion model in New York.
(b) She worked in the African bush.
(c) She attended drama school.
(d) She sold a magazine story.

3. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?
(a) His grandparents' home in Kentucky.
(b) A boarding school in England.
(c) An Episcopalian boarding school.
(d) An orphanage.

4. In Chapter 2, The Call of the Seal, what was Joan's only daily outing for her first three weeks on the island?
(a) Going to the laundromat.
(b) Picking her daughter up from school.
(c) Walking her dog.
(d) Going to the post office.

5. What news did Joan get about her house in the city after her return from the seal island?
(a) It had been sold.
(b) It had been vandalized.
(c) It had been damaged in a fire.
(d) It had been painted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?

2. What was Larry's PX?

3. Where was the cottage to which Joan wanted to retreat at the beginning of the book?

4. What lesson did the seals teach Joan?

5. How did Joan's husband see his primary role in their marriage?

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