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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Mrs. Todd begin talking about Sant Bowden with?
(a) Sarah Jane Blackett.
(b) Captain Bowden.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Mrs. Caplin.

2. When does Joanna ask Mrs. Todd to return?
(a) In a year.
(b) The next day.
(c) In a month.
(d) Never.

3. What hobby of Elijah's surprises the narrator?
(a) He crochets.
(b) He knits.
(c) He paints.
(d) He cooks.

4. What happens at the last minute before Joanna's wedding?
(a) Joanna dies.
(b) Her fiancé dies.
(c) Her fiancé marries someone else.
(d) Her fiancé refuses to marry her.

5. When does Elijah engage in his hobby?
(a) During fishing season.
(b) In the mornings.
(c) At night.
(d) During the off-season from fishing.

6. What emotion does Elijah awaken in the narrator?
(a) Fear.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Regret.
(d) Sadness.

7. Why does Mrs. Todd compare Sant Bowden to the sprig?
(a) Sant has potential but is unable to thrive out of his element.
(b) Sant's environment is too harsh for him to thrive.
(c) The sprig could do better if it had more ambition.
(d) Sant doesn't receive enough love and attention from others.

8. What does Mrs. Blackett point out to the narrator as they make their way through the countryside?
(a) Her brother's home.
(b) Her childhood home.
(c) Her sister's home.
(d) Her husband's first home.

9. When did the story of Joanna occur?
(a) When Mrs. Fosdick was a child.
(b) When Mrs. Todd was newly married.
(c) Several years ago.
(d) The previous summer.

10. What does Elijah do in honor of his wife?
(a) He vows never to remarry.
(b) He lives a solitary life alone in their house.
(c) He visits her grave daily.
(d) He cries when he talks about her.

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

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

13. What does Mrs. Blackett need in order to be ready for departure?
(a) A glass of water.
(b) An herbal mixture.
(c) A jacket.
(d) A cup of tea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On Shell-Heap Island, the narrator muses that each person has a place inside in which what is kept?

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

3. What does the narrator remark that the seamen's minds seem to be fixed on?

4. What does Elijah do during their conversation that surprises the narrator?

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

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