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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 the spell in question #18 do to Anne?
(a) Revives the dormant ability to relax
(b) Makes her invent things
(c) Gives her the ability to talk to those around her
(d) Gives her great ideas for books to write

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

3. What does the author consider one of the most important techniques for living?
(a) Eating well
(b) Simplification
(c) Pray
(d) Breathing

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

5. To what does the author compare the inner point of the moon shell?
(a) The circle of life
(b) Pregnancy
(c) A marriage ring
(d) To a pupil of the eye

Short Answer Questions

1. What casts a powerful spell on Anne?

2. Why is a pure relationship not to be desired?

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

4. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?

5. What does the author learn to appreciate with in her solitude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the author's intentions for her time at the beach and is she successful?

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

5. How is the mindset of the second week similar or different from her mindset in the city?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the author suggest women should obtain solitude?

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