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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 do both Frieda and Annie have in common?
(a) Their mothers both suffered from Alzheimer's.
(b) They are both from Chicago.
(c) They both love jazz music.
(d) They went to the same university.

2. What happens as Annie listens to classical music?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She imagines playing the music.
(c) She is overtaken by memories of her childhood with Sofie.
(d) She sings along.

3. What does Graham need to perform well, when sleeping with Annie these days?
(a) The magic blue pill.
(b) Lots of pillows.
(c) A romantic movie.
(d) A great deal of sleep.

4. What is NOT something Annie mentions in Chapter 3 regarding the central element of her marriage to Graham?
(a) The friendship.
(b) The bookstore.
(c) The friends.
(d) The parties.

5. 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 puzzled.
(b) She seems ashamed.
(c) She seems angry.
(d) She seems sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two levels on which Annie feels she is living in Chapter 8?

2. What does Graham miss about the parties he and Annie used to throw at the bookstore?

3. According to Frieda, what is the reason why each relationship is unique?

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

5. What is the scent of Graham's room that reminds Sarah of him?

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