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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. How is the mindset of the second week at the beach different from the city mindset?
(a) It is creative
(b) It is elusive
(c) It is softer and more playful
(d) It is blank

2. 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

3. What complicates a pure relationship?
(a) Contact with the world
(b) Religion
(c) Work
(d) Children

4. What does the author say about one and only moments in a relationship?
(a) They don't exist
(b) They are not permanent
(c) They are to be avoided
(d) They aren't healthy

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of atmosphere between people does a beach create?

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

4. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?

5. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author explore in her life and the sea? How does she relate this to the channeled whelk?

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

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

4. What are obstacles to simplicity in Anne's life?

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 channeled whelk shell appear to Anne?

8. 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

9. How does the author see people, since being at the beach?

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

(see the answer keys)

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