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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say acceptance of pain as growth potential do?
(a) Will enable growth faster
(b) Will grant peace
(c) Will give happiness
(d) Will make the clock less significant

2. Why does the author think at this stage of life a large house is not necessary?
(a) It cost too much money
(b) The children will move away
(c) It has too many memories
(d) It's too much to maintain

3. What are two ways bonds in marriage are formed?
(a) Having children and hobbies
(b) Loyalties and shared experiences
(c) Taking care of parents and going to school
(d) Working and praying

4. The author asserts that to expect duration in one's life and relationships is what?
(a) Common
(b) Reasonable
(c) Unrealistic
(d) Insane

5. What do the Anne and her visitor do in the evening?
(a) Write
(b) Relax and talk
(c) Read
(d) Set up a budget

6. How does society deal with middle/late age?
(a) Condemns it
(b) Fears it
(c) Makes fun of it
(d) Ignores it

7. What does the realization of self encourage?
(a) Having a good job
(b) The growth of one's interests
(c) Being a good partner
(d) Being smart

8. How does Anne feel as she leaves the sea?
(a) Nostalgia is already setting in
(b) Tired but peaceful
(c) Tushed she has to get home
(d) Happy

9. Anne says that only by learning the truth and beauty in the individual we can do what?
(a) Not have to deal with the world
(b) Not have crime
(c) Deal with the whole
(d) Not have war

10. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?
(a) A feather bed
(b) Soft sand
(c) The gentle sun
(d) A pair of old gardening gloves

11. How does the author use shells in relation to life?
(a) To show wonder
(b) To demonstrate love
(c) To think about death
(d) To illustrate the stages

12. How does the visit effect Anne's path?
(a) Makes it crowded
(b) Does not diminish the path
(c) Makes it noisy
(d) Makes her work harder

13. What do Anne and her visitor do in the afternoon?
(a) Play
(b) Physical work
(c) Talk
(d) Read

14. What will she use to remind her of the island at home?
(a) The letters she wrote home
(b) The photos she took
(c) A journal
(d) Her shells

15. What does Anne say people must do as far as time goes?
(a) Live in the present
(b) Not think about time at all
(c) Work faster
(d) Throw away all clocks

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most friends in the city do that precludes the answer to question #153?

2. How does Anne's feelings change as she prepares to leave the beach?

3. Why does the author believe it will be difficult to remember her thoughts from the beach?

4. How do sailors consider the Argonauta shell?

5. What does the author plan to do about her life upon returning home?

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