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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 can one-and-only moments bring to one's life?
(a) Peace
(b) Excitment
(c) Danger
(d) Much needed respite from daily living

2. What is the author doing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Getting married
(b) Visiting her children
(c) Taking a vacation
(d) Moving to Europe

3. What does the channeled whelk represent to the author?
(a) An existence of simplicity
(b) Designs of man
(c) Convoluted schemes
(d) Knitting a sock

4. In the beginning of a marriage the author says there's little time to do what?
(a) To have children
(b) To simply enjoy the life being built
(c) To travel
(d) To have vacations

5. What does the author say each person must develop on his/her own?
(a) One's own talents
(b) One's own beliefs
(c) One's own attitudes
(d) One's own personality

Short Answer Questions

1. What stage of life does the author say the oyster shell best represents?

2. What does the Argonauta represent to Anne?

3. What effect does solitude have on people?

4. The author compares to the channeled whelk to what of hers?

5. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?

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