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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 6, Waves of Truth, how many years had passed since Joan's sons had spent Christmas with her?
2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, Fogged In, how long a walk does Joan begin taking each day?
3. How old were Joan's children at the beginning of the book?
4. Who hauled and chopped wood for Joan during her stay at the cottage?
5. What activity did Joan's older son and his wife share?
Short Essay Questions
1. What incident told Joan that the other workers at the fish market had accepted her?
2. How did Joan's winter days and nights with her husband and children compare to her winter on Cape Cod?
3. In Chapter 7, Silent Seas, Silent Nights, why did Joan mentally compare her marriage to several boats which had gotten frozen in place in the harbor?
4. How did other people respond when they learned Joan was working at a fish market?
5. What kind of job did Joan get in Chapter 4, Riptide, and why didn't she ask her husband for financial help instead of getting a job?
6. Where did Joan and her husband meet, and how did Joan's in-laws feel about the couple's relationship?
7. What was Joan's husband's childhood like, and how did his childhood experiences affect the couple's marriage?
8. How did Joshua Cahoon differ from Joan's husband?
9. What kind of Christmas tree did Joan and her husband have on Cape Cod, and how did they decorate?
10. What is ebb tide and how did Joan relate the concept of ebb tide to her own life?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance of the seal island to Joan. What lessons did she learn from the island and the seals that inhabit it? Why did her husband not understand the importance of the island to her? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of the book, Joan and her husband reunited. Discuss whether you found this ending satisfying or not and why. Did it negate Joan's feminist precepts for her to take her husband back? Was it believable that Joan would reunite with her husband after her unhappiness during her marriage? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast Joan Erickson, Hazel, and Joan's daughters-in-laws. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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