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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator remember Mrs. Todd saying about Captain Littlepage?
(a) He is not married.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) He reads a lot.
(d) He has a housekeeper.

2. How does the narrator engage Elijah in conversation?
(a) She asks to accompany him on a walk.
(b) She talks to him about about fishing.
(c) She asks what he will be cooking for dinner.
(d) She asks him about his wife.

3. What impresses the narrator upon arriving?
(a) The many carriages.
(b) The size of the family.
(c) The young men's gentlemanly manners.
(d) The size of the house.

4. Why does tansy grow so well around the schoolhouse?
(a) The spacious schoolyard.
(b) The salty air near the ocean.
(c) The fertile soil.
(d) The children trampled it down during the spring.

5. When does the narrator need to have her writing project finished?
(a) Before the publisher comes to visit.
(b) By the end of the season.
(c) By the end of the month.
(d) By the time the publisher writes to request her manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is William?

2. Where is Joanna buried?

3. Why does the narrator come to visit Maine?

4. What does the narrator conclude based on Mrs. Todd's revelation?

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

(see the answer key)

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