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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 kind of schedule does the author say is necessary on the island?
(a) A detailed schedule
(b) A daily schedule
(c) A weekly schedule
(d) No schedule

2. How does the author see the oyster shell?
(a) As a cover for a pearl
(b) Strange and alien
(c) Beautiful and delicate
(d) Humble, awkward, and ugly

3. How does society deal with middle/late age?
(a) Fears it
(b) Condemns it
(c) Makes fun of it
(d) Ignores it

4. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?
(a) Tense
(b) Frustrating
(c) Simple
(d) Glorious

5. What is a channeled whelk?
(a) Where boats come to the harbor
(b) A type of seaweed
(c) A small snail-like creature
(d) A type of coral

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What could happen without inner strength and spiritual solidity?

3. What will the moon shell placed on her desk in Connecticut do for the author?

4. How have the author's "roles" in life effected her life?

5. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?

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