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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Low Tide, and Chapter 13, Treading Water.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, who invites Joan to have a glass of wine and talk?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Her coworkers at the fish market.
(c) Joshua Cahoon.
(d) Joan Erickson.

2. What factors complicated Joan's job for the film crew?
(a) Joan wasn't a skilled cook.
(b) The crew had various dietary preferences.
(c) Joan didn't have many cooking utensils at the cottage.
(d) The crew hated her cooking.

3. Who was Hazel?
(a) Joan's cousin.
(b) Joan's daughter-in-law.
(c) Joshua Cahoon's wife.
(d) An old friend of Joan.

4. What activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Golf.
(c) Roller skating.
(d) Biking.

5. What made Joan miss her sons at the end of Chapter 5, Water Therapy?
(a) An approaching holiday.
(b) The young men who work at the fish market.
(c) A football game that reminded her of her son's school days.
(d) A phone call from her youngest son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action made the clams spit, i.e. make holes in the sand that revealed where they were?

2. What factors complicated Joan's first day of clamming?

3. What kind of car did Joan drive at the beginning of the book?

4. How did Joan think she was like beach glass?

5. How much money was a basket of clams worth?

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