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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Annie describe what happens to her body when she thinks about her love for Graham?
(a) It hardens.
(b) It warms.
(c) It cools.
(d) It softens.

2. What does Annie like to do in the shower?
(a) Talk to herself.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Listen to podcasts.

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

4. How does Lucas see the grieving process for his father's death?
(a) Hitting him hard.
(b) It would take a very long time.
(c) First about the rest of his family, and then about him.
(d) First about his mother, then about him.

5. What does Annie think about the two gallery shows she had in New York, regarding her future career?
(a) They were a good omen.
(b) They guided her to her current group of friends.
(c) They were just the start of her career.
(d) They were perhaps misleading.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Annie began to weep, for what did she weep?

2. What is Graham's response to Frieda when she apologizes, prior to driving away after their marriage has ended?

3. When Annie and Rosemary run into each other at the grocery store, what does Annie say that makes her think that she had offended Rosemary?

4. What does Annie think is missing as she looks at Graham's body?

5. What does Frieda like about Annie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Graham's affair with Rosemary?

2. Why does Lucas resent his mother?

3. What does Annie notice at the beginning of Chapter 7 about Graham?

4. What advice does John Norris give Graham over their lunch date?

5. Why does Annie know right away that something is wrong, when she wakes up at the beginning of Chapter 8?

6. What does Annie realize, towards the end of this section of the book, is changing regarding her relationship to her children?

7. Why does Annie love her car so much?

8. How does Lucas initially respond to his mother's call?

9. What does Annie learn about Frieda based on Frieda's reaction to the news of Graham's death?

10. How does the talk go between Graham and Rosemary?

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