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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 makes people seem different on the island from people in the city?
(a) On the island one sees each person as unique
(b) In the city the people are rushed
(c) On the island most people don't have a job
(d) In the city the people are friendly

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

3. How does the freedom of being a whole person effect a relationship?
(a) The role of the person adds a different facet
(b) It usually breaks up a marriage
(c) It makes a relationship stormy
(d) It causes equality in a relationship

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

5. What will she use to remind her of the island at home?
(a) A journal
(b) Her shells
(c) The letters she wrote home
(d) The photos she took

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to visit Anne at the cottage?

2. What does the author believe people are designed to do?

3. The author asserts that to expect duration in one's life and relationships is what?

4. How does the author see the architecture of the channeled whelk?

5. As the author prepares to leave the island what saddens about her life at home?

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