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

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

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

4. In Chapter 22, what does Jeanne think about the relationship between Annie and Frieda?
(a) She finds it strange.
(b) She finds it sweet.
(c) She thinks it is lovely.
(d) She thinks it is comforting.

5. What had been Sarah's strategy to make room for herself between her parents?
(a) She was quiet and shy.
(b) She would push them away from each other.
(c) She was wild and noisy.
(d) She only spoke to her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Annie feel upon arriving in Vermont at the beginning of Chapter 24?

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

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

4. Why does Annie tell Frieda is the reason she wants Graham back, in Chapter 21?

5. What now makes Annie so afraid of the memory she had forgotten?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bonded Annie and Sofie?

2. What is Frieda's response when Sarah asks her if her relationship with Graham had been as secretive as Graham and Annie's?

3. How does Edith respond when Annie says that, now that Graham is dead, there is nothing left?

4. What is Graham's argument, as shared by Annie, regarding why people read fiction?

5. What does the memory of the man in the park mean for Annie?

6. How does Lucas initially feel about his daughter? Why?

7. How does Annie feel about heading to Vermont at the beginning of Chapter 15?

8. How do Lucas' feelings towards Claire change at the end of Chapter 26?

9. How do Sarah and Lucas find themselves in the same situation regarding their parents and their expectations of them?

10. How does Frieda believe one can manage in life?

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