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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the dress code at the fish market?
(a) Jeans or khaki pants with a tucked-in navy blue top.
(b) Black tee-shirts and overalls.
(c) White pants and black tee-shirts.
(d) Brown pants and red sweaters.

2. How many children did Joan and her husband have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

3. When Joan's father died, which relative angered Joan by not attending his funeral?
(a) Joan's brother.
(b) Joan's older son.
(c) Joan's younger son.
(d) Joan's husband.

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

5. What did Joan see on her front lawn as she left her house in Chapter 1, Ebb Tide?
(a) A for sale sign.
(b) A broken bicycle.
(c) An angel statue.
(d) A lost puppy.

6. What kind of car did Joan drive at the beginning of the book?
(a) A Mercedes.
(b) A Toyota Camry.
(c) A Volvo.
(d) A Chevrolet Impala.

7. Which of the following actions was not something Joan did prior to her husband's arrival for Christmas at the beginning of Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?
(a) Built a snowman.
(b) Lit kerosene lanters and candles.
(c) Cooked the family's traditional holiday food.
(d) Nailed a homemade wreath onto a tree.

8. In what town did Joan and her husband live?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Nyack.

9. How long was Joan left alone on Seal Island?
(a) One week.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Overnight.
(d) Eight hours.

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

11. Why did Joan have trouble finding something to wear to the fish market's Christmas party?
(a) She didn't have money for a party outfit.
(b) She had brought only jeans to Cape Code.
(c) She had gained weight and her clothes no longer fit her.
(d) There were no clothing stores in the town.

12. How long had Joan and her family lived in their big old family house?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Seventeen years.
(c) Two months.
(d) Eight years.

13. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?
(a) It was ill.
(b) It was molting.
(c) It was a plastic lobster.
(d) It was sleeping.

14. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?
(a) Three and ten.
(b) They were infants.
(c) They were grown.
(d) Six and twelve.

15. What did Joan envy about the seals?
(a) Their warm layer of body fat.
(b) Their swimming skills.
(c) Their home in the ocean.
(d) Their cuteness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following statements was not one of Joan's thoughts about the remark that she had everything she wanted?

2. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, who invites Joan to have a glass of wine and talk?

3. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?

4. What news did Joan get about her house in the city after her return from the seal island?

5. Who voided Joan's many mistakes at the fish market cash register?

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