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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When speaking with Lucas, what does Sarah learn about his wants regarding Annie and Graham?
(a) He wants them to divorce.
(b) He wishes they did not live so close to him.
(c) He wants Graham to be married to Frieda, not Annie.
(d) He wants them together.

2. What is Annie's response to finding Rosemary sobbing in Graham's office?
(a) "Rosemary, what is wrong?"
(b) "Rosemary. Of course, it was Rosemary."
(c) "Rosemary. I cannot believe it was Rosemary."
(d) "Rosemary, get out of my house."

3. What does Annie do after unpacking from her trip to Vermont in Chapter 17?
(a) She does yoga.
(b) She checks in on Karen.
(c) She goes to bed.
(d) She googles Sofie Kahn.

4. Why did Edith's husband leave her?
(a) He was in love with another woman.
(b) He did not feel he was worthy of Edith.
(c) He was no longer in love with Edith.
(d) He was gay.

5. What does Sarah say she did not realize about her house growing up, in Chapter 23?
(a) It was very large.
(b) It was very clean.
(c) It was shabby.
(d) It was beautiful.

6. What disturbing memory surfaces for Annie?
(a) Being jealous of Sofie's musical gift.
(b) Annie's noisy and disruptive home.
(c) The man on the bridal path who asks to girls to touch his erection.
(d) Getting lost in the park between her home and Sofie's.

7. What is the scent of Graham's room that reminds Sarah of him?
(a) Incense and cigarettes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) His cologne.
(d) Books and paper.

8. Why does Sarah feel jealous about Annie and Frieda's relationship?
(a) Sarah does not want Annie to waste her time with Frieda, her father's ex-wife.
(b) Sarah wants Frieda all to herself.
(c) Her mother shares her sorrow with Frieda in a way she would never with Sarah.
(d) Sarah wishes she also had a close female friend.

9. How does Annie feel upon arriving in Vermont at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) She feels famished.
(b) She is so glad she decided to come to Vermont.
(c) It was a mistake to come to Vermont.
(d) She is excited to be near the lake.

10. What was a point of reference in the Kahn home, as it was not in Annie's home?
(a) Chicago.
(b) The university.
(c) Politics.
(d) The war.

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

12. When Annie returns from Frieda's, how does she look to Sarah, at the beginning of Chapter 23?
(a) Distraught.
(b) Happy.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Relaxed.

13. What is the reason Annie gives for why she is able to so fully forget the disturbing memory from her past?
(a) Annie forced herself to forget the event.
(b) The disturbing event had ended well.
(c) The event was just a dream.
(d) Annie had gone to therapy.

14. Why is Sarah glad that Annie left for Vermont?
(a) Sarah does not want to see her mother.
(b) Sarah knows her mother needs some time alone.
(c) Sarah wants the house to herself.
(d) Sarah wants to visit childhood friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annie feel as the kids scatter Graham's ashes?

2. What is Edith's response to Annie when she says there is nothing left?

3. Why is Annie glad when Sarah leaves at the beginning of Chapter 14?

4. How has Frieda been permanently cut off from her son, based on what is said in Chapter 22?

5. How does Annie remember feeling after speaking with the adults at the performances at the Kahn home?

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