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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Ebb and Flow, what forced Joan to end her solitude?
(a) Her son's wife was pregnant and needed her help.
(b) Her husband got ill and needed her.
(c) Her mother got ill and needed her.
(d) A procession of visitors to her cottage.

2. What outfit did Joan wear to greet her husband in Chapter 16, Port of Call?
(a) A red evening gown and heels.
(b) Jeans and a black linen blazer.
(c) A tailored gray wool suit and black boots.
(d) A bathing suit and towel.

3. How much did a license for clamming cost Joan?
(a) Fifteen dollars.
(b) Fifty dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Eighty dollars.

4. How tall was Joan's husband?
(a) Six foot four.
(b) Five feet eleven.
(c) Five feet nine.
(d) Six foot one.

5. What previous hiking trips did Joan think of while traveling to the seal island in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?
(a) One in western Utah.
(b) One in Coral Gables.
(c) One in the Andes and one in the Grand Canyon.
(d) One in Europe.

6. While riding her bicycle in Chapter 14, Safe Harbor, with whom did Joan wonder if she could ever share a bike ride?
(a) Joan Erikson.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her oldest son and his wife.
(d) Hazel.

7. Why did Joan plant the tulips?
(a) They were her husband's favorite flowers.
(b) She needed to cover a bare patch of her lawn.
(c) To remind herself to keep blooming like the flowers.
(d) They were her favorite flowers.

8. How many buckets of clams did Joan set as her goal for her first day of clamming?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) One.

9. Where were Joan's oldest son and his wife going for a bike trip once leaving the cottage after Memorial Day?
(a) California.
(b) Chicago.
(c) The Far East.
(d) Europe.

10. What kind of perfume did Joan wear to greet her husband in the final chapter of the book?
(a) Honeysuckle and lavender perfume.
(b) French perfume.
(c) Lemon-scented perfume.
(d) Tea rose and gardenia perfume.

11. What gift did Joan give her husband at the party?
(a) A coffee maker.
(b) A new tie.
(c) A gold watch.
(d) A tide clock.

12. What did the sign in front of the Methodist Church make Joan wonder about herself?
(a) If she needed to love more.
(b) If she needed to treat others more nicely.
(c) If she had been indifferent about her life and her marriage.
(d) If she needed to forgive more.

13. Why did Joan want to be alone on the seal island in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty?
(a) To contemplate the future of her marriage.
(b) To grieve for her dead father.
(c) To conduct research for a book on seals.
(d) To decide if she wanted to marry Joshua Cahoon.

14. What did Joan Erikson say in Chapter 15, Wild and Salty, would be giving away some of Joan's strength?
(a) Returning to her husband.
(b) Leaving Cape Cod to return to the city.
(c) Turning her back on her female friends.
(d) Letting others know her secrets.

15. Which of the following was not something that Joan thought would help her maintain her new self if she reunited with her husband?
(a) Sipping coffee by the shore.
(b) Playing hostess to her husband and his friends.
(c) Generating new ideas.
(d) Laughing and risking adventures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Joan Erickson's cousin do for a living?

2. In Chapter 16, Port of Call, to what did Joan equate Labor Day at the fish market?

3. What gift did Joan receive from her daughter-in-law on Memorial Day?

4. How many pounds of clams did Joshua Cahoon like to dig in a single day?

5. In Chapter 12, Low Tide, what appliance in Joan's cottage broke?

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