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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. What event does grannylizzie tell Anna has prompted a spell of agoraphobia?
(a) The death of her husband.
(b) The divorce from her husband.
(c) Her sixtieth birthday.
(d) The death of her daughter.

2. What alcoholic drink does Anna most often imbibe?
(a) Manhattans.
(b) Martinis.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

3. What does Olivia do when Ed and Anna break the news of their impending divorce?
(a) She crawls under the bed.
(b) She runs out of the room.
(c) She breaks the window.
(d) She calmly accepts the news.

4. How does Anna acquire food since she is unable to leave the house?
(a) She has a personal chef.
(b) She has it delivered.
(c) Her neighbors take turns bringing meals.
(d) Bina cooks for her.

5. When Anna realizes she does not know how to talk to teenagers, she gives the reason that her oldest patients had been what age?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words does Anna use at the beginnings of conversations with her family?

2. To whom is Anna speaking the first time the author inserts dialogue into the narrative?

3. What is Anna doing when Little tells her to stop?

4. What is the literal translation of the term agoraphobia?

5. Though David has been Anna's tenant for two months, what action has she never seen him take?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Anna and Olivia and how would you characterize it?

2. How would you characterize the relationship between Anna and her physical therapist Bina?

3. What advice does Ed give to Anna when he speaks to her the morning after she drinks three or four bottles of wine?

4. What crucial piece of information regarding Anna's character is revealed in her comments about the Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much?

5. How is foreshadowing used in Chapter 21 when Anna is talking to Ed and is interrupted by the sounds of someone downstairs?

6. What does Ed's comment regarding Anna's emergency line reserved for her patients reveal in regard to his feelings about her career?

7. What details does Anna reveal about the extent of her agoraphobia during her description of the umbrella, which her psychiatrist calls her secret weapon?

8. How does the theme of isolation emerge within Anna's description of her townhome?

9. What is the reason for the author's use of the word "halo" (118) when describing Jane through Anna's eyes?

10. What is ironic about the fact that only a year before, Anna and Ed had planned to sell their townhome?

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