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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Channeled Whelk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?
(a) As a spiritual step to sainthood
(b) It presents a challenge
(c) As boring
(d) As a wonderful vacation

2. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?
(a) They don't have time for church
(b) Married women are rarely canonized
(c) They can't become priests
(d) They have to sit with their husbands

3. What happens to the pencils she carries?
(a) The leads break
(b) She loses them
(c) They get dull from use
(d) They get wet and don't work well

4. How does the author see the architecture of the channeled whelk?
(a) It is dull
(b) As a seamless work of art
(c) It is haphazard
(d) It is ugly, but functional

5. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?
(a) Her life is subject to public scrutiny
(b) She has to work
(c) She has too many children
(d) Her husband is unfaithful

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?

2. How does Anne feel about her roles in life?

3. Why does the author have to rush in the city?

4. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?

5. What removes the desire to think or read within Anne?

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