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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author think one's true identity is found?

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

3. What is a channeled whelk?

4. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?

5. How can a homemaker avoid feeling dispensable?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author believe people are designed to seek? How do people avoid loneliness?

3. What is the effect of solitude on people and on the author? What does the author feel when alone?

4. What is the solution to problems in a relationship that the author says many people try? How effective is that solution?

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

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

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

8. How does the author see the difference between a man and a woman in marriage?

9. What is Anne's main goal and what would the fulfillment of this goal mean to her?

10. How does the author feel about the concept of being the "one and only" in a person's life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author writes that clearing her mind and experiencing the sea without other thoughts pressing in is very difficult to do. Why do you think people have a hard time quieting their minds? Do you ever sit down and try to think of nothing? If you have, did you find it hard and why? If not, what do you think you might get out of trying?

Essay Topic 2

The author deeply desires to maintain her role as wife, mother, artist and public figure, such a lifestyle begins to become all pervasive and takes a toll on the author's spirit. What do you think is meant by this statement. Use text from the book and ideas from your own life to illustrate your points.

Essay Topic 3

The author writes that it is much more difficult to stand out in a city than on the beach. Do you think it would be easier to go to school in a small school or a large one? Describe what you see as the opportunities and difficulties in both types of schools.

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