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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Mrs. Blackett upon arrival?
(a) She injures herself stepping out of the carriage.
(b) The crowd of visitors ignores her.
(c) She is asked to be the guest of honor.
(d) She is immediately whisked away by others.

2. What does the narrator assert during the beginning of her conversation with Captain Littlepage in Chapter 5?
(a) That there must certainly be life after death.
(b) That someday "everyone will know."
(c) That death must be the end.
(d) That no one can know the answer.

3. What connection does Mrs. Todd see between the tansy in the schoolyard and people?
(a) Like tansy, people gather their strength during the spring and then blossom fully in the summer.
(b) Like tansy, people can thrive almost anywhere.
(c) Like tansy, people can only thrive with others of their kind around them.
(d) Like tansy, people can overcome a harsh past to make the most of their lives.

4. What does Elijah do for a living?
(a) He is a fisherman.
(b) He is a sailor.
(c) He is a blacksmith.
(d) He is a farmer.

5. How does the town doctor feel about Mrs. Todd and her use of herbs?
(a) He thinks her belief in the usefulness of herbs is foolish.
(b) He feels that the two are rivals.
(c) The two are on the best of terms.
(d) He hopes he can cure some of the cases worsened her herbal remedies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare Captain Littlepage's gait to?

2. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?

3. Who is Mrs. Blackett?

4. What distracts the narrator from her work later in the day after the funeral procession?

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

(see the answer key)

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