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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does living life an on island do for the author's thoughts?
(a) Gives them more depth
(b) Makes her think in esoteric ways
(c) Strengthens thoughts on solitude
(d) Sends them away

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

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

4. The author compares to the channeled whelk to what of hers?
(a) The design on her watchband
(b) The shape of her life
(c) Her family ties
(d) Her pendant

5. What does the author say is natural and part of the process of life?
(a) Dying
(b) Enlightenment
(c) Eating
(d) Transformation

6. What does the state of ease allow?
(a) For her to sleep
(b) For her to talk to others
(c) Her to focus on inner thoughts and observations
(d) For her to relax

7. What is Anne's main goal?
(a) To be rich
(b) To obtain peace
(c) To obtain enlightenment
(d) To publish a lot of books

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

9. What can one do in solitude?
(a) One may concentrate
(b) One may feed the spirit
(c) One may let go
(d) One may be quiet

10. What part of a relationship is pure, according to the author?
(a) After ten years
(b) The first part
(c) When eating the other's cooking
(d) At the end

11. When does one go wrong in desiring love, according to the author?
(a) When wanting someone already married
(b) When one wants to keep exclusivity forever
(c) When being jealousy
(d) When wanting the person with them all the time

12. What happens to the pencils she carries?
(a) She loses them
(b) They get dull from use
(c) They get wet and don't work well
(d) The leads break

13. What does the author say everyone wants out of love?
(a) To be the only one loved by a person
(b) To be taken care of
(c) To not be bored
(d) To be faithful

14. What does the author say is required of an artist?
(a) To give of self in small drops
(b) To be patient
(c) To be around a lot of people
(d) To not care

15. How is the mindset of the second week at the beach different from the city mindset?
(a) It is softer and more playful
(b) It is creative
(c) It is blank
(d) It is elusive

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what happens to the original essence of a relationship?

2. Why does the author believe people often break up a romantic relationship?

3. To what does the author equate shedding insincerity?

4. What does the author suggest for good parenting?

5. How have the author's "roles" in life effected her life?

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