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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 does the author say a woman must discover for herself?
(a) Her talents
(b) Whether she wants children
(c) Her intelligence
(d) Her identity

2. Who does Anne Lindbergh believe has helped shape her life?
(a) Her ideas
(b) Her education
(c) The people who have helped to create it
(d) Her religion

3. What is it acceptable for people to do together on the island?
(a) To be silent in the presence of another
(b) To play volleyball together
(c) To give each other desserts
(d) To lie about who they are

4. To whom will the sea not give its gifts?
(a) to criminals
(b) To children who can't be still
(c) To men
(d) To the greedy or impatient

5. When one lets go of the past one does one get?
(a) Nothing
(b) Peace of mind
(c) A different present
(d) A certain freedom

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say gets in the way of simplification?

2. What about space around an object changes it?

3. How are some of the ways couples forge ahead in the world, according to the author?

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

5. What is Anne afraid of when she is alone and feeling peaceful?

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