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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17, 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Captain leave his position as Commander?
(a) He was disabled.
(b) He lived through a frightening ordeal after a shipwreck.
(c) He wanted to spend more time with his family.
(d) He wanted to spend more time in Dunnet Landing.

2. What punishment does Joanna inflict on herself?
(a) Isolation from others.
(b) Endless work on the island.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Imprisonment.

3. Why doesn't the plant Mrs. Todd mentioned thrive at the Bowden's?
(a) The climate isn't right.
(b) There isn't enough sunlight.
(c) The Bowdens don't take care of it.
(d) It doesn't get enough water.

4. What time of year does Joanna's funeral occur?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides her herbal remedies, what else is Mrs. Todd known for in Dunnet Landing?

2. What does the narrator assert during the beginning of her conversation with Captain Littlepage in Chapter 5?

3. How do others in the community feel about Mrs. Fosdick?

4. What does Joanna reveal to Mrs. Todd?

5. Why does Mrs. Todd say she wants to pick herbs on the island where Mrs. Blackett lives?

(see the answer key)

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