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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?
(a) Being independent
(b) Having a creative, contemplative or saintly life
(c) Being selfish
(d) Going out with lots of men

2. What does the author say must be balanced in a woman's life?
(a) Knowledge and ignorance
(b) Music and quiet
(c) Work and play
(d) Solitude and communion

3. What would happen if one chose to embrace one-and-only moments all the time?
(a) There's be no room for others
(b) It would be frustrating
(c) It would be too chaotic
(d) It would get boring

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

5. At the beginning of a relationship what kind of world exist for two people?
(a) A
(b) An exciting world
(c) A happier world
(d) A wider world

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beach, what is the first thing the author changes about herself?

2. What is a channeled whelk?

3. What is a moon shell?

4. What is the author doing at the beginning of the book?

5. How can a homemaker avoid feeling dispensable?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author feel about the concept of being the "one and only" in a person's life?

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

3. What is the solution to problems in a relationship that the author says many people try? How effective is that solution?

4. The author suggests being alone might be good for a person. Why does she say this?

5. How does the author feel about the ocean and what happens to her when near it?

6. What does Anne find on one of her first walks on the beach and what does she wonder about it?

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

8. What happens to Anne's mind the second week at the beach?

9. How does the author believe her life has been shaped?

10. How does the channeled whelk shell appear to Anne?

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