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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Few Shells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author forget when she's in the city?
(a) Clean water
(b) The rhythm and the pace of the sea
(c) Clean air
(d) The stars

2. What does the author say a woman must discover for herself?
(a) Her intelligence
(b) Whether she wants children
(c) Her talents
(d) Her identity

3. Why would she believe the answer to question #151?
(a) She has no time to meet people on the island
(b) Most strange people don't live in cities
(c) One tends to gravitate toward the familiar
(d) She has no friends on the island

4. For how long will the author be doing the answer in question #1?
(a) Two months
(b) Three days
(c) Two weeks
(d) A year

5. What best describes Anne's feelings towards middle age?
(a) Happiness
(b) Optimism
(c) Depression
(d) Acceptence and regret

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne decorate her beach cottage?

2. What does Anne become one with?

3. What does the author seek to do at the sea?

4. What does romantic love turn to, according to the author?

5. What does Anne say about a perfect day?

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