2. What does Anne say is valid as far as one-and-only moments?
(a) They're valid if carefully controlled
(b) They're valid for the first five years
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(d) They're valid for children

3. 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) Her friends
(b) The days of her vacation
(c) The different stages of any relationship
(d) Her children

4. What is a channeled whelk?
(a) A type of coral
(b) A type of seaweed
(c) Where boats come to the harbor
(d) A small snail-like creature

5. How does Anne feel about her roles in life?
(a) She resents them
(b) She is indifferent to them
(c) They bore her
(d) She deeply desires to maintain them

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Anne to slip into a state of ease?

2. What does the author forget when she's in the city?

3. During the second week at the sea what returns to Anne?

4. Why does the author have to rush in the city?

5. What does the state of ease allow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say is the answer to the dilemma on how to remain intact and balanced against the forces of nature and shocking events in the periphery

2. How does the author suggest one might rejuvenate a relationship?

3. Describe the author's understanding of the first stage of a relationship.

4. What does the author believe people are designed to seek? How do people avoid loneliness?

5. How does the author see the difference between a man and a woman in marriage?

6. How does this book open and why is the author at the location in the book?

7. Why do some people try to stay in the first stage of a relationship?

8. What does the author say the beach does for relationships among people?

9. How does the author find life at the ocean?

10. How does one get gifts from the sea and what are the gifts?

(see the answer keys)

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