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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie think of Sarah's steady, maternal behavior?
(a) Surprising.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Odd.
(d) Uncomfortable.

2. In Chapter 14, Annie initially does not let herself cry. Why?
(a) She does not want to upset her family any further.
(b) She feels crying is a sign of weakness.
(c) In part because she feels that if she starts crying, she might never stop.
(d) She does not want to smudge her makeup.

3. What does Sarah say about her mother's kindness?
(a) It is forced.
(b) It is useless.
(c) It is nonexistent.
(d) It takes a different form.

4. Where did Annie grow up?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Cambridge.

5. When Annie walks in the house at the end of Chapter 6, how does the narrator describe the look on her face?
(a) Annie's face frowns a Graham upon seeing him.
(b) Annie's face looks sad and lonely.
(c) Annie's face opens to Graham in a kind of answer.
(d) Annie's face looks old and worn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annie feel as she drives to Vermont in Chapter 15?

2. Why is Frieda not a part of the scattering of Graham's ashes?

3. When Annie began to weep, for what did she weep?

4. How does Annie know right away that Graham is dead?

5. What is one thing the narrator does NOT say Graham remembers about the day his first wife, Frieda, left him?

(see the answer key)

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