The Country of the Pointed Firs Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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The Country of the Pointed Firs Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides Captain Littlepage, who else knows of Gaffett's story?
(a) Just the other survivors of Gaffett's shipwreck.
(b) Just the other survivors of Littlepage's shipwreck.
(c) No one - Gaffett himself is long since dead.
(d) Just Gaffett.

2. Where did Gaffett say he had previously been shipwrecked?
(a) Off the coast of Greenland.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Near Scotland.
(d) Canada.

3. On Shell-Heap Island, the narrator muses that each person has a place inside in which what is kept?
(a) Great regrets and great happiness.
(b) Our greatest sorrows.
(c) Our greatest humiliations.
(d) Our deepest emotions.

4. Who does the narrator ask to take her to Shell-Heap Island in Chapter 15?
(a) Captain Littlepage.
(b) Mrs. Todd.
(c) Captain Bowden.
(d) William.

5. What does Elijah do during their conversation that surprises the narrator?
(a) He tells her about his wife.
(b) He talks to her about fishing.
(c) He invites her to his home.
(d) He asks her to join him on a walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elijah tell the narrator that he does every day?

2. Where is the narrator at the opening of Chapter 20?

3. What happened when Gaffett and his companion left "the waiting place"?

4. What does Elijah do for a living?

5. What did Gaffett and his companion do after going on land?

(see the answer key)

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