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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 learn to appreciate with in her solitude?

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

3. Why is less time spent caring for the home now possible?

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

5. What removes the desire to think or read within Anne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Anne's mind the second week at the beach?

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

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

4. Describe a double-sunrise shell?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the author see people, since being at the beach?

10. Why would a person avoid being alone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Some people cover up their own problems by worrying about the whole world. What does this statement mean? Do you know someone who does this or do you do it? Why do you think it would be easier to worry about the world than what's happening in your own life?

Essay Topic 3

During a description of a "dance" the author wrote about her sister's visit she suggests living in the present is best. What does she mean by living in the present? How difficult it is for you to live in the present? Use an example from your life to illustrate living in the present.

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