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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Luca find Claire, soon after her birth?
(a) Amazing.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Unappealing.

3. Why is Frieda not a part of the scattering of Graham's ashes?
(a) Annie does not want Graham's ex-wife to be a part of it.
(b) She is not feeling well the day they decide to scatter his ashes.
(c) It would make the event more difficult for Lucas is she were there.
(d) It would upset her too much.

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

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

6. How does Sarah describe how she felt about her home as a child?
(a) Her home was shabby.
(b) Her home was small.
(c) Her home made her sad.
(d) Her home was perfect.

7. How does Sarah describe her satisfaction and desire to triumph over her mother, in regards to her father?
(a) Odd.
(b) Sad.
(c) Embarrasing.
(d) Oedipal.

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

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

10. How does Sarah describe the smile Annie gives her in Chapter 23?
(a) The most tired smile Sarah had ever seen.
(b) The smile of someone who is hopeful.
(c) The happiest smile Sarah had seen in awhile.
(d) The most joyless smile Sarah had ever seen.

11. Why did Sarah's grief not hit her until she was back home in San Francisco?
(a) She did not truly believe her father was dead.
(b) She felt she needed to be strong for her mother.
(c) She was not sad until she spoke to Thomas about it.
(d) She was too grief-stricken to even cry or realize how upset she was.

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

13. In Chapter 18, for what time of day does Annie always wait?
(a) No specific time of day.
(b) Morning.
(c) Night.
(d) Evening.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the scent of Graham's room that reminds Sarah of him?

2. What does the looseness of Annie's childhood home mean to her and her siblings?

3. Why is Annie not uncomfortable with scattering Graham's ashes?

4. At the memorial for Graham, who does Frieda toast?

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

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