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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 strong lure does the author feel when contemplating the oyster shell?
(a) Parental guidance
(b) A new career
(c) Home and family
(d) Romantic love

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

3. How does the author think one's true identity is found?
(a) Meditation
(b) By giving of oneself
(c) Having goals
(d) By losing oneself

4. How do people smile at the beach?
(a) Like children
(b) They don't, too sandy with the wind
(c) Slyly
(d) Carefully

5. What does the author say must be balanced in a woman's life?
(a) Knowledge and ignorance
(b) Music and quiet
(c) Solitude and communion
(d) Work and play

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Anne and her visitor do in the morning?

2. What does the author say a woman is full of?

3. How do the two function in the small cottage?

4. What allows a person to give of oneself?

5. The author says if the shells she finds and writes about are lined up across the top of her desk, they can represent what?

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