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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 she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?
(a) They remain unread
(b) She did not bring any books with her
(c) She studies them and writes in them
(d) She reads them at night

2. How does the author think one's true identity is found?
(a) Meditation
(b) By losing oneself
(c) Having goals
(d) By giving of oneself

3. From where does the author realize her answers must come?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her sister
(c) Her husband
(d) Within herself

4. When does one go wrong in desiring love, according to the author?
(a) When wanting the person with them all the time
(b) When one wants to keep exclusivity forever
(c) When wanting someone already married
(d) When being jealousy

5. What does the author believe most people need?
(a) Love
(b) Aloneness
(c) Children
(d) Friendship

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of a relationship what kind of world exist for two people?

2. The author says if the shells she finds and writes about are lined up across the top of her desk, they can represent what?

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

4. To what does the author compare the inner point of the moon shell?

5. What part of a relationship is pure, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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

2. What kind of examples does Anne use to illustrate simplicity in life?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does this book open and why is the author at the location in the book?

10. Describe the moon shell.

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