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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author view being alone for two weeks?
(a) It presents a challenge
(b) As a spiritual step to sainthood
(c) As a wonderful vacation
(d) As boring

2. The author compares to the channeled whelk to what of hers?
(a) Her pendant
(b) Her family ties
(c) The shape of her life
(d) The design on her watchband

3. What does she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?
(a) She studies them and writes in them
(b) They remain unread
(c) She did not bring any books with her
(d) She reads them at night

4. Men, says the author, has more opportunity at work than women to do what?
(a) Have an affair
(b) Earn money
(c) Talk to people
(d) Giving himself creatively

5. What does residing by the sea do for the author?
(a) Gives her a tan
(b) Saves her money
(c) Opens a different world
(d) Heals her cuts

6. What does Anne say is valid as far as one-and-only moments?
(a) T
(b) They're valid for children
(c) They're valid if carefully controlled
(d) They're valid for the first five years

7. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?
(a) Simple
(b) Glorious
(c) Frustrating
(d) Tense

8. Why does she believe people seek meaningless activities when there's nothing to do?
(a) To keep from thinking
(b) To fill the void of time
(c) So they don't get bored
(d) To keep from remembering something bad

9. What does the author say gets in the way of simplification?
(a) All the details of daily living
(b) Illness
(c) Computers
(d) Television

10. What is a moon shell?
(a) A shell that makes one depressed
(b) A snail's shell that has a symmetrical face
(c) A cresent shaped shell
(d) A shell found on the full moon

11. What does living life an on island do for the author's thoughts?
(a) Gives them more depth
(b) Makes her think in esoteric ways
(c) Strengthens thoughts on solitude
(d) Sends them away

12. What can one-and-only moments bring to one's life?
(a) Danger
(b) Peace
(c) Excitment
(d) Much needed respite from daily living

13. What does the channeled whelk represent to the author?
(a) Knitting a sock
(b) Convoluted schemes
(c) Designs of man
(d) An existence of simplicity

14. How do the author feel about clearing her mind and focusing solely on the sea?
(a) It is easy
(b) She thinks she has to do it
(c) It is a difficult task
(d) She doesn't want to do it

15. According to the author, what happens to the original essence of a relationship?
(a) Gets buried under jealousy or insecurity
(b) Gets boring
(c) Dies out from hormones
(d) Gets buried under the impediments of life

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the author's ambitions for the days to come?

3. At the beach, what is the first thing the author changes about herself?

4. What does the author stress about day to day living?

5. What effect does solitude have on people?

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