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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Beach at My Back.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could happen without inner strength and spiritual solidity?
(a) One could get sick
(b) One will be depleted
(c) One could be a criminal
(d) One could die

2. What does Anne say about a perfect day?
(a) They are impossible
(b) Everyday is perfect
(c) Life is not filled with continuous perfect days
(d) They happen all the time

3. What complicates a pure relationship?
(a) Children
(b) Religion
(c) Contact with the world
(d) Work

4. From where does the author realize her answers must come?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her mother
(c) Within herself
(d) Her sister

5. What does Anne become one with?
(a) The sand
(b) The rhythms of the sea
(c) The sun
(d) The people around her

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Anne believe is not her responsibility to do?

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

3. How do sailors consider the Argonauta shell?

4. Why does the author think at this stage of life a large house is not necessary?

5. What does she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?

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