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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 did Joan's father-in-law do for a living?
(a) He was a comedian.
(b) He was a lawyer.
(c) He was a plumber.
(d) He was a doctor.

2. 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) A local murder.
(c) Joan's separation from her husband.
(d) The seals in the harbor.

3. How did Joan's husband describe the home he lived in while Joan occupied their Cape Cod cottage?
(a) An old barn that looked like Ralph Lauren designed it.
(b) A chrome and glass condominium.
(c) A lonely mausoleum.
(d) An overpriced and undersized studio apartment.

4. What did Joan discover that her sons' wives wanted after their marriages?
(a) Babies.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Autonomy.
(d) Romance.

5. What kind of car did Joan's oldest son own?
(a) A Ford.
(b) A Toyota.
(c) A Dodge.
(d) A Chevrolet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what kind of family was Joan's husband raised?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, what forced Joan to end her solitude?

(see the answer key)

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