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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Annie feel at times about Graham's size, energy, and appetite for people, food, and music?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Overwhelmed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

2. What of Frieda's does Lucas remember wanting to first fix and then flee?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Her sadness.
(c) Her self-loathing.
(d) Her insensitivity.

3. What does Annie think about John's comment that she should remember that Graham loved her, no matter what happens?
(a) She finds it painful to hear.
(b) She finds it odd.
(c) She finds it rude.
(d) She finds it comforting.

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

5. When Annie and Rosemary run into each other at the grocery store, what does Annie say that makes her think that she had offended Rosemary?
(a) Annie cut Rosemary in line and told her to stop complaining.
(b) Annie tells her it is good that Rosemary goes to the gym to stay slim.
(c) Annie mentions a party that Rosemary was not invited to and her nice husband.
(d) Annie mentions that she thinks Graham is having an affair.

6. What important event has Graham forgotten in Chapter 2?
(a) His bookstore's party.
(b) His lunch date with John.
(c) Annie's photography show.
(d) His daughter's birthday.

7. What does Sarah find funny about she and Thomas lying in bed, looking up at the ceiling?
(a) Her ceiling needs to be repainted.
(b) They are very awkward together.
(c) They do not have much to talk about.
(d) They are like an old married couple.

8. How does Rosemary view the romantic relationship between herself and Graham after they sleep together for the first time?
(a) Inevitable.
(b) A mistake.
(c) A casual fling.
(d) An accident.

9. What has led to Annie's current photography show?
(a) A gallery show in New York.
(b) Photographs of Annie's mother.
(c) A connection of Graham's.
(d) A photoshoot for a New England magazine.

10. How does Graham describe the day his bookstore opened and he met Annie and the day he and Annie wed?
(a) Two wonderful days.
(b) Two days that will live in infamy.
(c) The two scariest days of his life.
(d) The two happiest days of his life.

11. In Chapter 3, for how long does Graham say he and Annie have been married?
(a) 30 years.
(b) A lifetime.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 15 years.

12. What does the narrator say is "a later element in his (Graham's) transformation?"
(a) His beard.
(b) His interest in fine food.
(c) His love of expensive clothes.
(d) His long curly hair.

13. When Annie turns on the light at the end of Chapter 7, how do they both respond to seeing each other?
(a) They are shy.
(b) They are surprised.
(c) They are nervous.
(d) They are annoyed.

14. Why is Graham sipping his coffee and thinking about Frieda?
(a) He worried she is sick.
(b) He feels guilty for still begin in love with Frieda.
(c) He is feeling guilty for cheating on Annie.
(d) He misses Frieda.

15. What advice does Frieda give Annie about her career after her daughter is born?
(a) This is the time to change careers.
(b) This is the time to become a homemaker.
(c) This is the moment Annie should not slow down.
(d) This is the perfect moment to slow down and take a break.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whenever Annie thinks about her first husband, what is her primary emotion?

2. Why does Annie begin to laugh in Chapter 8?

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

4. Of whom is Annie thinking as the story begins?

5. What does Annie think is missing as she looks at Graham's body?

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