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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 is the relationship of the Argonauta to its shell?
(a) It is the same shape as its shell
(b) It is not attached to its shell
(c) It is the same color as its shell
(d) It doesn't have a shell

2. How does the author see the oyster shell?
(a) Beautiful and delicate
(b) As a cover for a pearl
(c) Strange and alien
(d) Humble, awkward, and ugly

3. What is it acceptable for people to do together on the island?
(a) To lie about who they are
(b) To play volleyball together
(c) To be silent in the presence of another
(d) To give each other desserts

4. How does society deal with middle/late age?
(a) Fears it
(b) Makes fun of it
(c) Ignores it
(d) Condemns it

5. Between what two poles have women swung, in the past?
(a) Dependence and competition
(b) Love and hate
(c) Ambition and laziness
(d) Kindness and anger

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes people seem different on the island from people in the city?

2. Why does Anne say about the tasks at home and time?

3. Why is the author amused by the oyster shell?

4. How does the structure of the oyster shell appear?

5. How does the author use shells in relation to life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author relate decorating with a few objects to people in crowds?

2. How does Anne see the difference between everyday task at home and on the island?

3. What does Anne say about returning to the beginnings of a relationship?

4. How does the author use the metaphor of dance in writing about her sister's visit?

5. How does being at home change the author's interaction with people?

6. What questions about her life and conclusions does Anne have as she thinks about the Argonauta ?

7. How has the world changed since modern communication?

8. How does Anne relate the Argonauta shell to her life?

9. Describe some of the information the author gives about the oyster shell.

10. How does Anne feel about the years to come in her life?

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