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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason Frieda gives for why Graham would have an affair?
(a) He never could love just one person.
(b) His physical needs were complex.
(c) His Grahamness. His appetite for everything.
(d) He was lonely.

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

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

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

5. What book does Annie start to flip through daily?
(a) Memoir with Bookshop.
(b) Memoirs of a Geisha
(c) Her wedding album.
(d) Her old photography textbooks.

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

7. According to Frieda, what is the reason why each relationship is unique?
(a) People change throughout their lives.
(b) Each relationship has its unique struggles.
(c) Love is what two people have together.
(d) Love is what two people make together.

8. What is a metaphor used by the narrator for Annie being freed from her own family by spending time with the Kahns?
(a) A window or door being opened.
(b) A gate being opened.
(c) A rope untied.
(d) A fence being torn down.

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

10. How has Frieda been permanently cut off from her son, based on what is said in Chapter 22?
(a) Her friendship with Annie has been uncomfortable for Lucas.
(b) Her anger towards Graham.
(c) Her unreachable sorrow that seems to be a part of who she is.
(d) She lives too far away for them to stay well-connected.

11. What does Annie remember saying to Rosemary, after seeing her crying in Graham's office?
(a) What is wrong?
(b) How dare you sleep with my husband!
(c) Get out of my house.
(d) Perhaps you should wash up.

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

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

14. What does Annie do during much of the drive up to Vermont, in Chapter 15?
(a) She sings to herself.
(b) She talks to Frieda on the phone.
(c) She listens to books on tape.
(d) She wails, lamenting her sorrows.

15. Why does Annie want to talk to Frieda about Graham's betrayal?
(a) Annie wants to speak to someone who will keep this a secret.
(b) Annie wants to tell someone who can help her tell the children.
(c) Annie wants a shoulder to cry on.
(d) Annie wants someone who will be angry with her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sarah find in her pocket when she returns home to San Francisco?

3. As she thinks back on her relationship with Graham and Annie, how does Frieda feel, at the beginning of Chapter 25?

4. How does Annie know Sofie?

5. What disturbing memory surfaces for Annie?

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