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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. What now makes Annie so afraid of the memory she had forgotten?
(a) She is worried she will forget her memories of Graham.
(b) She is afraid she has demensia.
(c) She is sure she will not be able to forget this memory again.
(d) She is concerned she has a mental illness.

2. At the memorial for Graham, who does Frieda toast?
(a) Graham's friends.
(b) Graham and Annie.
(c) Graham.
(d) Sarah and Lucas.

3. What happens as Annie listens to classical music?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She is overtaken by memories of her childhood with Sofie.
(c) She imagines playing the music.
(d) She sings along.

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

5. As she thinks back on her relationship with Graham and Annie, how does Frieda feel, at the beginning of Chapter 25?
(a) Embarrassed at her neediness.
(b) Sadness at divorcing Graham.
(c) Happy they had all been so close.
(d) Regret at not finding a new husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Annie want to talk to Frieda about Graham's betrayal?

2. What about Sofie's life had Annie always wanted?

3. What had Graham called the place he wanted his ashes distributed?

4. When speaking with Lucas, what does Sarah learn about his wants regarding Annie and Graham?

5. How does Annie think she is now just like Frieda?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie's childhood home compare to that of Sofie's?

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

3. Why does Annie feel relief when Sarah leaves at the beginning of Chapter 14?

4. Why does Annie feel it was the wrong decision to return to the lake house in Vermont?

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

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

7. How does Annie compare the arrival of Graham's ashes to Annie shutting Graham's office door after Rosemary leaves?

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

9. How does Annie first feel as she flips through Memoir of Bookshop?

10. How does Frieda feel, in the end, about hearing Annie constantly vent about Graham's betrayal?

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