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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 say everyone wants out of love?
2. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?
3. What is Anne afraid of when she is alone and feeling peaceful?
4. What is a double-sunrise shell?
5. What kind of container does she carry to the beach everyday?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why would a person avoid being alone?
2. The author suggests being alone might be good for a person. Why does she say this?
3. What does the author explore in her life and the sea? How does she relate this to the channeled whelk?
4. What does the author say is the answer to the dilemma on how to remain intact and balanced against the forces of nature and shocking events in the periphery
5. What does Anne find on one of her first walks on the beach and what does she wonder about it?
6. How does the author feel about the ocean and what happens to her when near it?
7. What does the author say the beach does for relationships among people?
8. How does the author find life at the ocean?
9. What does the author believe people are designed to seek? How do people avoid loneliness?
10. Why might Anne want to be alone at the beach?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author says her main goal at the sea is to obtain peace. What would be your goal if you took a similar vacation? How would you obtain that goal? Is there some place you would choose besides the sea to find peace? Where? Why?
Essay Topic 2
The author states that her life has been shaped by the people who have been in it. What does she mean by this statement? Do you think she is right? Why or why not?
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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