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

2. What does Sarah find in her pocket when she returns home to San Francisco?
(a) A picture of her father.
(b) A note from her father.
(c) The tiny shells she had taken from her parents home.
(d) The key to her mother's house.

3. Why does Annie not want to speak to Edith about Graham's affair with Rosemary?
(a) Edith would be too angry.
(b) Edith is not easy to talk to.
(c) Edith would not be surprised.
(d) Edith is too kind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Annie's response to finding Rosemary sobbing in Graham's office?

2. Why does Sarah feel jealous about Annie and Frieda's relationship?

3. How does Annie remember feeling after speaking with the adults at the performances at the Kahn home?

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

5. How does Annie respond when Sarah makes a comment about Rosemary being distraught?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bonded Annie and Sofie?

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

3. How does Frieda begin to feel admiration for Jeanne for keeping her out of the spreading of Graham's ashes?

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

5. How does Annie feel as she watches the children scatter Graham's ashes?

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

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

8. How does Annie's feelings towards Mike's behavior change over time?

9. In Chapter 22, what does Lucas tell Jeanne is what he loves about Annie?

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

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