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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following statements was not one of Joan's thoughts about the remark that she had everything she wanted?
(a) She had everything she was told she should want.
(b) What she had was a far cry from what she really desired.
(c) Women got used to wanting only what was available.
(d) She did have everything she wanted.

3. What is ebb tide?
(a) The time when it floods.
(b) The time when the tide rises.
(c) The intermediate time when the tide neither rises nor falls.
(d) The time when the tide falls.

4. Why did Joan think she was better off than the rich local women who bought fish from her in the market?
(a) She was free while they had to live by their husbands' rules.
(b) She was useful in a job, unlike them.
(c) Her children were grown.
(d) She was a writer.

5. 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 post office.
(b) Going to the laundromat.
(c) Picking her daughter up from school.
(d) Walking her dog.

6. What victory did Joan think she had won when she reached the finish line of the race?
(a) She had entered a new phase of her life.
(b) She outran her sister.
(c) She showed her husband she could do new things.
(d) She proved a middle-aged woman could run fast.

7. What did studying her old photos reveal to Joan about herself?
(a) That she fit in by being what others wanted her to be.
(b) That she didn't look like her other relatives.
(c) That she longed for a close family again.
(d) That she had been a lonely, homely child.

8. Who did Joan ask to take her in his boat to the seal island?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her oldest son.
(c) The fish market owner.
(d) Joshua Cahoon.

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

10. What was Joan Erickson looking into getting instead of a car to transport herself around town?
(a) A golf cart or three-wheel bicycle.
(b) A skateboard.
(c) A motorized wheelchair.
(d) A motorcycle.

11. What number did Joan wear in the town's New Year's Day race in Chapter 8, Getting My Feet Wet?
(a) Seventy-six.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty-two.

12. How did the other patrons of Larry's PX respond when Joan entered?
(a) They stopped talking for a few minutes.
(b) They forbade her to enter the all-male establishment.
(c) They bought her drinks.
(d) They stood up to greet her.

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

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

15. In Chapter 4, Riptide, with what did Joan think she needed to fall in love?
(a) Nature.
(b) The book she was writing.
(c) Her life and herself.
(d) The cottage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Joan's husband sent to live at age twelve?

2. During her stay at the cottage, what fact did Joan not reveal to her neighbors and coworkers about her marriage?

3. In what town did Joan and her husband live?

4. In Chapter 5, Water Therapy, what was really happening with the lobster the two customers thought was dead?

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

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