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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between what two poles have women swung, in the past?
(a) Love and hate
(b) Kindness and anger
(c) Dependence and competition
(d) Ambition and laziness

2. What does the mother Argonauta do with her shell after the babies hatch?
(a) The children take it with them
(b) Gives it to her mate
(c) Eats it
(d) Leaves it and swims away

3. How does she relate time to the dance?
(a) Clinging to a step is the past, going too fast is the future
(b) Not dancing is being in the now
(c) Dancing hard is hanging onto the past
(d) Dancing apart is walking in different times

4. How do the two function in the small cottage?
(a) They sleep in shifts
(b) They keep knocking into each other
(c) They fight about who cooks
(d) As a dance

5. What does Anne say one must be aware of in everyday life?
(a) The fastest way to complete tasks
(b) Which path to pursue at home
(c) How to make things happen
(d) The planet and all its inhabitants

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she want to relate to her city life from the beach?

2. Why is the author amused by the oyster shell?

3. How does the author see the oyster shell?

4. How does society deal with middle/late age?

5. What is the relationship of the Argonauta to its shell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Argonauta and how does it use its shell?

2. Does the author believe she will be able to practice at home what she learned on the island? Why or why not?

3. What does Anne suggest each person must do as far as themselves is concerned and what effect would that have on a person's life?

4. Describe some of the information the author gives about the oyster shell.

5. How does being at home change the author's interaction with people?

6. Describe a day at the beach with Anne after her sister arrives.

7. How does Anne feel about the years to come in her life?

8. How does Anne feel as she leaves the island and what does she think about her time?

9. What does Anne think middle age might bring to her relationships?

10. Anne talks about the different needs for aging adults. What are some of the ideas she expresses?

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