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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 is one thing the narrator does NOT say Graham remembers about the day his first wife, Frieda, left him?
(a) Homely Frieda in her old tweed coat.
(b) How free he felt.
(c) Lucas being carried in Frieda's arms to the car.
(d) The chilly morning.

2. Why does Annie begin to laugh in Chapter 8?
(a) She thinks about her new future life as a widow.
(b) She wants to cheer herself up.
(c) She thinks back on good times with Graham.
(d) She hears the EMTs laughing as they struggle to move Graham's large body down the stairs.

3. What is Frieda's physical reaction when Annie tells her the woman Graham had an affair with was in Graham's office at the end of the party?
(a) She seems sad.
(b) She seems angry.
(c) She seems ashamed.
(d) She seems puzzled.

4. Why did Sarah's grief not hit her until she was back home in San Francisco?
(a) She felt she needed to be strong for her mother.
(b) She did not truly believe her father was dead.
(c) She was not sad until she spoke to Thomas about it.
(d) She was too grief-stricken to even cry or realize how upset she was.

5. What is Graham's response to Frieda when she apologizes, prior to driving away after their marriage has ended?
(a) Mea culpa.
(b) Je suis desolée.
(c) Too little, too late.
(d) Thank you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarah find funny about she and Thomas lying in bed, looking up at the ceiling?

2. Why are Graham and Annie worried about Karen?

3. What was a point of reference in the Kahn home, as it was not in Annie's home?

4. How does Graham respond when Annie says that he is a good husband?

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

(see the answer key)

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