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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Joan and her husband decide to spend Christmas together during their separation year?
(a) They missed each other.
(b) They wanted to make a show of unity for their children.
(c) They wanted to make Joan's ailing mother happy.
(d) Neither of them wanted to be alone.

2. What did Joan's neighbor think of Joan's job at the fish market?
(a) That it was men's work.
(b) That it would pay Joan well.
(c) That it was easy work.
(d) That it was work Joan would love.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?
(a) A half-mile walk.
(b) A four-mile walk.
(c) A two-mile walk.
(d) A one-mile walk.

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

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

6. What did Joan think her role in her marriage would be?
(a) The breadwinner.
(b) Nurturer and caregiver.
(c) An equal partner.
(d) Pampered housewife.

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

8. In Chapter 4, Riptide, what did Joan get up each morning to watch?
(a) Her husband walking the dog.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) The neighborhood children walking to school.
(d) Joshua Cahoon jogging.

9. Who honked her horn and flashed her lights and encouraged an exhausted Joan to continue the race when Joan was about to quit?
(a) A lady cop.
(b) Joan Erickson.
(c) Hazel.
(d) The fish market owner's wife.

10. With what did Joan and her husband decorate their Christmas tree in Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Old Victorian ornaments from Joan's grandmother.
(c) Joan's old necklaces.
(d) Garlands of popcorn and candy canes.

11. What did most people on the island think Joan was in town to do?
(a) Paint and sell her art work.
(b) Work on a book.
(c) Sell her family's cottage.
(d) Recover from an automobile accident.

12. Where would Joan go before she went to meetings with editors?
(a) Larry's PX.
(b) Church.
(c) Her oldest son's house.
(d) A local bar.

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

14. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, why did Joan think women looked exhausted as the holidays approached?
(a) There was a flu epidemic and everyone had the flu.
(b) They had too many parties to plan.
(c) They were trying to please everyone.
(d) They had too much shopping to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the other patrons of Larry's PX talk about during Joan's first visit to the PX?

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

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. In Chapter 4, Riptide, which of the following was not a task Joan had to do in her job at Nickerson's Fish Market?

5. What did Joan envy about the seals?

(see the answer keys)

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