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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. The author says if the shells she finds and writes about are lined up across the top of her desk, they can represent what?
(a) The days of her vacation
(b) Her children
(c) Her friends
(d) The different stages of any relationship

2. What does residing by the sea do for the author?
(a) Heals her cuts
(b) Gives her a tan
(c) Opens a different world
(d) Saves her money

3. What does the author intend to do about the societal implications of age?
(a) Ignore them
(b) Get rid of them
(c) Mitigate them
(d) Survive them

4. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?
(a) Glorious
(b) Simple
(c) Frustrating
(d) Tense

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What allows a person to give of oneself?

2. The author suggests that compassion may not be possible in the modern world for who?

3. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?

4. What is the author's suggestion for renewing a relationship?

5. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?

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