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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. What does the author believe most people need?

2. According to the author, what is seen as failure in a relationship?

3. What does living life an on island do for the author's thoughts?

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

5. What did Anne experience after the good-bye?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Anne want to be alone at the beach?

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

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

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

5. What does the author say the beach does for relationships among people?

6. How does the author suggest women should obtain solitude?

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

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

9. What are the author's intentions for her time at the beach and is she successful?

10. Describe the moon shell.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anne says a woman must find her own identity. What do you think she means? Do you think this could apply to a man also? Why or why not? How do you explore your identity?

Essay Topic 2

What does the author mean by a "one-and-only" moment? What was a moment like that which you have experienced in your life?

Essay Topic 3

Anne says that the small communities of the nineteenth century has given way to the larger world communities. How has the technology developed since Lindbergh wrote this book made this an even more true statement? Use examples from the 1950s and now to illustrate your answer.

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