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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 casts a powerful spell on Anne?
(a) The sun
(b) The breeze
(c) The sea
(d) The shells
2. How do people smile at the beach?
(a) Carefully
(b) Slyly
(c) They don't, too sandy with the wind
(d) Like children
3. To what does Anne compare saying good-bye?
(a) A sad moment
(b) A necessary moment
(c) A happy moment
(d) An amputation
4. What does she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?
(a) She studies them and writes in them
(b) They remain unread
(c) She reads them at night
(d) She did not bring any books with her
5. What allows a person to give of oneself?
(a) Maintaining health
(b) Being a woman
(c) Being a child
(d) Being selfless
Short Answer Questions
1. To what does the author equate shedding insincerity?
2. What would happen if one chose to embrace one-and-only moments all the time?
3. For how long will the author be doing the answer in question #1?
4. What did Anne experience after the good-bye?
5. What does the author say is required of an artist?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author see people, since being at the beach?
2. How does one get gifts from the sea and what are the gifts?
3. 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
4. What is the effect of solitude on people and on the author? What does the author feel when alone?
5. How does this book open and why is the author at the location in the book?
6. What happens to Anne's mind the second week at the beach?
7. Describe the moon shell.
8. How does the author feel about the ocean and what happens to her when near it?
9. What are the author's intentions for her time at the beach and is she successful?
10. The author suggests that women are designed to be giving. How does she tie in giving with solitude?
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