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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 might women feel resentful about giving?
(a) If it is is without purpose
(b) Because no one else does
(c) Because it cost too much
(d) Because men don't

2. 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

3. How does Anne feel about her roles in life?
(a) She deeply desires to maintain them
(b) They bore her
(c) She resents them
(d) She is indifferent to them

4. What does the author learn to appreciate with in her solitude?
(a) Politics
(b) Art
(c) Other people
(d) God

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is required of an artist?

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

3. What is difficult for a person in a crowd to do?

4. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?

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

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