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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sarah describe the smile Annie gives her in Chapter 23?
(a) The most joyless smile Sarah had ever seen.
(b) The happiest smile Sarah had seen in awhile.
(c) The most tired smile Sarah had ever seen.
(d) The smile of someone who is hopeful.

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

3. How does Luca find Claire, soon after her birth?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Amazing.
(c) Unappealing.
(d) Sweet.

4. From who's perspective is this story told?
(a) Graham.
(b) Annie.
(c) A narrator.
(d) Frieda.

5. Why had Graham said people read fiction?
(a) Fiction is a much-needed escape from reality.
(b) The characters in works of fiction are much more interesting than real-life people.
(c) It suggests that life has a shape, and we feel consoled by that notion.
(d) Fiction is much easier and is more pleasant to read than non-fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What now makes Annie so afraid of the memory she had forgotten?

2. How had Annie met Edith?

3. Why does Sarah say that men find her voice more attractive than her looks?

4. How does Annie feel when she sees Graham around town?

5. What reason does Lucas give Jeanne for why he was so sad when scattering Graham's ashes?

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