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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year does the story take place?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

2. How does the narrator feel about Mrs. Fosdick once she meets her?
(a) She thinks she talks too much.
(b) She doesn't like her.
(c) Mrs. Fosdick reminds her of her mother.
(d) She likes her.

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

4. Where do the narrator and Mrs. Todd find some time to chat?
(a) In a clearance overlooking the sea.
(b) In the tansy patch.
(c) In the pennyroyal patch.
(d) In the garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What topic leads to the narrator's conversation with Captain Littlepage about life after death?

3. Where did the Captain's experience described in Chapter 5 take place?

4. How does the narrator react to the funeral procession?

5. What does the narrator find impressive about the Captain's retelling of Gaffett's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. During their visit to Mrs. Blackett's, Mrs. Todd and the narrator talk about love. What does Mrs. Todd's love story say about her character?

2. Choose one character and describe his or her significance to the story.

3. How does the narrator feel about Mrs. Todd's reaction to her leaving? How can you tell?

4. What is Mrs. Todd's reaction to the funeral?

5. Describe the relationship between Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Blackett.

6. What does the narrator learn about Sant Bowden from bits of others' conversations?

7. Describe Dunnet Landing.

8. Elijah Tilley's character provides a number of surprises for the narrator. What are they?

9. How does the narrator react to the funeral procession?

10. Describe Elijah's home.

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