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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. In Chapter 28, where does Quinn go to read her letters?

2. In Chapter 16, what is the name of the woman Graham is seeing?

3. What does Graham drive when he meets Avril?

4. What does Quinn make Graham in Chapter 29?

5. In Chapter 21, what is the temperature at the beach house at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Quinn do when she asks Graham the name of the woman he is seeing and he does not answer at first?

2. Why does Quinn have to go to the hospital in Chapter 22?

3. What does Graham say about Quinn after meeting her mother?

4. In Chapter 17, how are Quinn and Graham inseparable?

5. Why does Graham come to Ava's in Chapter 26?

6. What is Graham's political affiliation?

7. What does Graham believe is the difference in marriages that survive and those that do not?

8. In Chapter 29, what does Quinn make for Graham?

9. What does Quinn find in the box in Chapter 28?

10. Why does Quinn say that she is frustrated when Graham asks her what is wrong in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Quinn and Graham use an analogy to describe the challenges in a marriage. What analogy do they use? How and why do marriages have Category 5 moments? How has their marriage had Category 5 moments?

Essay Topic 2

Before they marry, Quinn and Graham discuss having children. What does that conversation reveal about Quinn’s dream of being a mother? How is her dream deferred and how does that affect her?

Essay Topic 3

Graham remembers the fortune Quinn had in her fortune cookie when they met. What was Quinn’s fortune? What does it reveal about successful relationships?

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