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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 does Anne's feelings change as she prepares to leave the beach?
(a) Balance for restlessness
(b) Peace for chaos
(c) Happiness for depression
(d) Melancholy for hope

2. What does Anne believe space around an object can do?
(a) Make it more special
(b) Be very dark
(c) Keep people from touching it
(d) Make it look odd

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

4. The author suggests that compassion may not be possible in the modern world for who?
(a) Violent countries
(b) Individuals
(c) Groups of people
(d) Criminals

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say acceptance of pain as growth potential do?

2. Anne says that only by learning the truth and beauty in the individual we can do what?

3. In the beginning of a marriage the author says there's little time to do what?

4. How does the visit effect Anne's path?

5. What does the author say each person must develop on his/her own?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some of the ideas the author expresses about the kinds of love and bonds formed in marriage?

3. How does Anne see the benefit of meeting people on an island as opposed to in a city?

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

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

6. What has the beach taught the author?

7. What does Anne think about objects being crowded?

8. What does Anne see as the difference in caring between the modern world and when life was less technical?

9. What is the Argonauta and how does it use its shell?

10. Describe a day at the beach with Anne after her sister arrives.

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