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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Annie describe how both she and Graham were when they were at their lake house in Vermont?
(a) Quieter.
(b) Louder.
(c) Happier.
(d) Busier.

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

3. What now makes Annie so afraid of the memory she had forgotten?
(a) She is sure she will not be able to forget this memory again.
(b) She is worried she will forget her memories of Graham.
(c) She is afraid she has demensia.
(d) She is concerned she has a mental illness.

4. What does Annie now realize about why Sofie did not want to visit her home?
(a) Sofie could not practice her cello at Annie's home.
(b) Sofie feared Annie's siblings.
(c) Sofie did not like how dirty Annie's house was.
(d) Sofie feared the park between their two houses.

5. Where had Annie last seen Sofie Kahn's name approximately 35 years earlier?
(a) In an advertisement for an orchestra concert.
(b) On television.
(c) On a Broadway billboard.
(d) In a New York Times review.

6. How had Annie met Edith?
(a) Edith is Annie and Graham's next door neighbor.
(b) Edith's husband had published Annie's photo book "Emergency."
(c) Edith was a college friend of Annie's.
(d) Edith works at the bookstore.

7. Why does Annie tell Frieda is the reason she wants Graham back, in Chapter 21?
(a) So she can kill him herself.
(b) So she can hit him.
(c) So she can hug him.
(d) So she can get an explanation.

8. As she thinks back on her relationship with Graham and Annie, how does Frieda feel, at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Regret at not finding a new husband.
(b) Embarrassed at her neediness.
(c) Sadness at divorcing Graham.
(d) Happy they had all been so close.

9. How does Annie feel about Sofie's accomplishments?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Very jealous.
(c) Annoyed but also a bit concerned.
(d) Both a bit envious and pleased.

10. How does Annie think she is now just like Frieda?
(a) The ex-wife.
(b) The old flame.
(c) The lost widow.
(d) The jealous wife.

11. How does Annie feel as the kids scatter Graham's ashes?
(a) Anger that they are taking over the ritual.
(b) A bit like an intruder.
(c) Uncertain that scattering the ashes was a good idea.
(d) Uncontrollable grief.

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

13. What are the two main reasons for the differences between the Kahn home and Annie's home?
(a) The fathers and the size of the homes.
(b) Money and the mothers.
(c) Location and number of children.
(d) The mothers and fathers.

14. Why is Jeanne happy that Graham was Lucas' father?
(a) Lucas has good genes.
(b) It will make Lucas a good father too.
(c) Lucas has the same personality as his father.
(d) Lucas will not take life for granted.

15. How does Annie describe the memories of her friendship with Sofie, even though they had grown apart?
(a) The residue of that friendship lingered.
(b) The memories of that friendship had faded substantially.
(c) The friendship left a bad taste in her mouth.
(d) The friendship was strengthened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sarah glad that Annie left for Vermont?

2. When Annie returns from Frieda's, how does she look to Sarah, at the beginning of Chapter 23?

3. Why did Edith's husband leave her?

4. How does Sarah describe the smile Annie gives her in Chapter 23?

5. How does Annie respond when Sarah makes a comment about Rosemary being distraught?

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