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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie remember liking about the Kahn house?
(a) Its sense of peace.
(b) Its spacious yard.
(c) Its beautiful photography.
(d) Its vibrant energy.

2. What does Sarah find in her pocket when she returns home to San Francisco?
(a) The key to her mother's house.
(b) A note from her father.
(c) A picture of her father.
(d) The tiny shells she had taken from her parents home.

3. How does Frieda react in Chapter 8 to the news of Graham's passing?
(a) She moans.
(b) She is silent.
(c) She cries out violently.
(d) She sobs quietly.

4. Why does Sarah feel jealous about Annie and Frieda's relationship?
(a) Sarah does not want Annie to waste her time with Frieda, her father's ex-wife.
(b) Sarah wants Frieda all to herself.
(c) Her mother shares her sorrow with Frieda in a way she would never with Sarah.
(d) Sarah wishes she also had a close female friend.

5. When Annie began to weep, for what did she weep?
(a) She was weeping for Graham and his unfinished life.
(b) She was weeping mostly for herself and her new life without Graham.
(c) She was weeping for Graham's book store and how she would most likely have to close it.
(d) She was weeping for her children and their loss of a father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Graham said people read fiction?

2. What does Sarah say she did not realize about her house growing up, in Chapter 23?

3. At the memorial for Graham, who does Frieda toast?

4. How do they all feel when Frieda and Annie become good friends?

5. How does Annie feel when she sees Sofie Kahn's name on the announcement board?

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