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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frieda think about the idea of getting back together with Graham?
(a) Wonderful.
(b) A idea to consider.
(c) Good for Lucas.
(d) Psychologically suicidal.

2. What has become fashionable for women to wear that amazes Graham?
(a) Skinny jeans.
(b) Chunky sweaters.
(c) Thick, dark-framed glasses.
(d) Large hoop earrings.

3. After Graham spills wine on Annie, how does she get him to stop apologizing?
(a) She spills wine on him.
(b) She walks away.
(c) She gets upset and tells him she will send him her cleaning bill.
(d) She tells him to quit apologizing.

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

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 looks sad and lonely.
(b) Annie's face frowns a Graham upon seeing him.
(c) Annie's face looks old and worn.
(d) Annie's face opens to Graham in a kind of answer.

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

7. What are the two levels on which Annie feels she is living in Chapter 8?
(a) One that seems to be trying to disengage from what is happening and one that is trying to realize it.
(b) She wants to be busy and useful, as well as curled up in bed.
(c) She wants to mother Sarah as well as be mothered by Sarah.
(d) She feels both happy and relieved.

8. What advice does John give to Graham regarding ending his affair with Rosemary?
(a) To be kind.
(b) To end it today.
(c) To be a little bit mean.
(d) To do it quickly.

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

10. Whenever Annie thinks about her first husband, what is her primary emotion?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Shame.
(c) Love.
(d) Despair.

11. Why does Sarah say that men find her voice more attractive than her looks?
(a) She is very short.
(b) She is okay-looking.
(c) She is fat.
(d) She has thinning hair.

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

13. How does Sarah know that Thomas is interested in her?
(a) Their evening together lasts much longer than she expected.
(b) He asks to come home with her.
(c) He tells her he is attracted to her.
(d) He asks when he can see her again.

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

15. How does Frieda respond when Graham confides in her that he had an extramarital affair while married to Annie?
(a) She walks away.
(b) She weeps.
(c) She is silent.
(d) She laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frieda feel about the time in Lucas' life where he could only speak reasonably with Annie?

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

3. In Chapter 3 Annie remembers a painful insult from her sister, Audrey. What was most painful about what Audrey said?

4. How does Annie respond when she sees Graham's bouquet in Chapter 7?

5. How does Annie feel at times about Graham's size, energy, and appetite for people, food, and music?

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