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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. During the second week at the sea what returns to Anne?
(a) The ability to think
(b) Her children
(c) Her husband
(d) Her tan from last year

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

3. What is a moon shell?
(a) A shell that makes one depressed
(b) A snail's shell that has a symmetrical face
(c) A shell found on the full moon
(d) A cresent shaped shell

4. What should women do with some of the time freed up in modern times?
(a) Use it to feed and nourish the center
(b) Work
(c) Have a hobby
(d) Volunteer

5. What does Anne wishes she could do with the cottage?
(a) Remodel it
(b) Change the kitchen sink
(c) Take it home with her
(d) Paint the rooms

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Anne decorate her beach cottage?

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

3. Who preached against the dangers of multiplicity in the third century?

4. What did Anne experience after the good-bye?

5. How does Anne feel about her roles in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anne's main goal and what would the fulfillment of this goal mean to her?

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

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

4. Describe a double-sunrise shell?

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

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

7. The author suggests that women are designed to be giving. How does she tie in giving with solitude?

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

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

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

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