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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author have to rush in the city?
(a) To run her business
(b) To get ahead
(c) To accomplish myriad tasks
(d) To take her children places

2. What does age bring with it, according to the author?
(a) The need for closure
(b) The need to shed things
(c) The need for balance
(d) Painful joints

3. The author compares to the channeled whelk to what of hers?
(a) The design on her watchband
(b) Her family ties
(c) Her pendant
(d) The shape of her life

4. At the beach, what is the first thing the author changes about herself?
(a) She unplugs the telephone
(b) Her hair, she cuts it very short
(c) She quits taking showers
(d) Her clothing

5. What does the author plan to do about her life upon returning home?
(a) Try for more balance
(b) Pick-up where she left off
(c) Kick her grown children out
(d) Tell her husband to change

Short Answer Questions

1. Men, says the author, has more opportunity at work than women to do what?

2. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?

3. What does the author say acceptance of pain as growth potential do?

4. How long does it take Anne to slip into a state of ease?

5. During the second week at the sea what returns to Anne?

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